k??? The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide) Medication Med`ica"tion, [L. medicatio: cf. F. m['e]dication.] The act or proce

k??? The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide) Medication Med`ica"tion, [L. medicatio: cf. F. m['e]dication.] The act or process of medicating. [1913 Webster] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) (wn) medication n 1: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease [syn: medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug] 2: the act of treating with medicines or remedies Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 (moby-thesaurus) 50 Moby Thesaurus words for "medication": balm, balsam, curative measures, cure, drops, drug, electuary, elixir, ethical drug, first aid, generic name, healing arts, herbs, hospitalization, inhalant, lincture, linctus, materia medica, medical care, medical treatment, medicament, medicamentation, medicinal, medicinal herbs, medicine, medicines, mixture, nonprescription drug, officinal, patent medicine, pharmacon, physic, powder, preparation, prescription drug, proprietary, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, psychotherapy, regime, regimen, simples, syrup, therapeusis, therapeutics, theraputant, therapy, tisane, treatment, vegetable remedies --- The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide) Medical Med"ical, a. [LL. medicalis, L. medicus belonging to healing, fr. mederi to heal; cf. Zend madha medical science, wisdom, Gr. ? to learn, E. mind: cf. F. m['e]dical.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical jurisprudence. [1913 Webster] 2. Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant. [1913 Webster] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) (wn) medical adj 1: relating to the study or practice of medicine; "the medical profession"; "a medical student"; "medical school" 2: requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pneumonia is a medical disease" [ant: operative, surgical] 3: of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art [syn: aesculapian, medical] n 1: a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person [syn: checkup, medical checkup, medical examination, medical exam, medical, health check] Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 (moby-thesaurus) 24 Moby Thesaurus words for "medical": allopathic, chiropodic, chiropractic, clinical, croaker, dental, doc, doctor, exodontic, homeopathic, hydropathic, iatric, medico, naturopathic, neurological, obstetric, orthodontic, orthopedic, osteopathic, pediatric, periodontic, prosthodontic, sawbones, surgical