medication
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(noun) the act of treating with medicines or remedies |
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Related Words: administration, giving medication, irrigation, therapy |
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(noun) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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Synonyms: medicament, medicinal drug, medicine |
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Related Words: APC, AZT, Antabuse, Atromid-S, Carafate, Drixoral, Imuran, Inocor, Lithane, Lithonate, Mecholyl, Mevacor, Zovirax, Zyloprim, acyclovir, allopurinol, amrinone, analgesic, anodyne, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug, antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antibacterial, antibacterial drug, antibiotic, antibiotic drug, anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antidepressant, antidepressant drug, antidiabetic, antidiabetic drug, antidiarrheal, antidiarrheal drug, antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug, antiemetic, antiemetic drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug, antihistamine, antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug, antimalarial, antimalarial drug, antipsychotic, antipsychotic drug, antipyretic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antispasmodic agent, antitussive, antiviral, anxiolytic, anxiolytic drug, aperient, astringent, astringent drug, atomic cocktail, azathioprine, azidothymidine, beta blocker, beta-adrenergic blocking agent, bronchodilator, calcium blocker, camphorated tincture of opium, carminative, cataplasm, cathartic, clofibrate, clot buster, counterirritant, curative, cure, cytotoxic drug, demulcent, depressant, diaphoretic, disulfiram, dose, downer, drug, emetic, ethical drug, expectorant, febrifuge, helminthic, histamine blocker, immunogen, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, inhalant, laxative, lithium carbonate, lovastatin, methacholine, muscle relaxant, nauseant, nux vomica, over-the-counter drug, pain pill, painkiller, papaverine, paregoric, patent medicine, pharmaceutical, physic, placebo, plaster, poultice, powder, prescription, prescription drug, prescription medicien, purgative, quinine, relaxant, remedy, restorative, rubefacient, sedative, sedative drug, soothing syrup, spasmolytic, specific, styptic, sucralfate, suppository, thrombolytic, thrombolytic agent, tincture, tonic, tracer, vasodilator, vermifuge, vomit, vomitive, wonder drug, zidovudine |
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