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Antonyms for medication
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : med-i-key-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɛd ɪˈkeɪ ʃən |
Definition of medication
Origin :- early 15c., "medical treatment of a disease or wound," from Middle French médication and directly from Latin medicationem (nominative medicatio) "healing, cure," from past participle stem of medicare, medicari "to medicate, heal, cure" (poetic and Late Latin) from medicus "physician, healing" (see medical (adj.)).
- noun cure
- noun drug
- The medication of the woods was not overestimated by Bradley.
- Extract from : « A Phyllis of the Sierras » by Bret Harte
- A night's sleep now would do as much good as all the medication.
- Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
- It is therefore a waste of time to attempt cures by medication.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- At any rate, the consequences of the medication were most disastrous.
- Extract from : « Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it » by Francis E. Anstie
- Many so-called remedies were found to contain absolutely no medication at all.
- Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague
- They contained absolutely no medication, and yet they were freely sold to cure the above serious conditions.
- Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague
- The only medication of which the natives know is exorcism by fetich with drum and dance, baths and purgatives.
- Extract from : « Fetichism in West Africa » by Robert Hamill Nassau
- He was given no medication to reduce pressure except that he was freely purged.
- Extract from : « Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: » by Louis Marshall Warfield
- Under this medication the pain, tenderness, and swelling rapidly abate, and sometimes with an abruptness that is magical.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
- She was told and apparently appreciated the urgent necessity of the medication as her baby's eye was badly infected.
- Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) » by W. Grant Hague, M.D.
Synonyms for medication
- aid
- alleviation
- antidote
- assistance
- biologic
- catholicon
- corrective
- counteractant
- counteragent
- countermeasure
- cure
- depressant
- dope
- drug
- elixir
- elixir vitae
- essence
- fix
- healing
- healing agent
- help
- medicament
- medicant
- medicinal
- medicine
- narcotic
- nostrum
- opiate
- panacea
- pharmaceutic
- pharmaceutical
- pharmacon
- physic
- pill
- placebo
- poison
- potion
- prescription
- proprietary
- quick fix
- recovery
- redress
- remedy
- reparation
- restora-tive
- sedative
- stimulant
- therapeutic
- tonic
- treatment
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