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med·i·cate
(mĕd′ĭ-kāt′)tr.v. med·i·cat·ed, med·i·cat·ing, med·i·cates
1.
a. To administer a medicinal substance to (a patient).
b. To treat (a disease or condition) with medication.
2. To add a medicinal agent to (a substance): The lozenges are medicated with menthol.
[Latin medicāre, medicāt-, from medicus, doctor, from medērī, to heal; see med- in Indo-European roots.]
med′i·ca′tive adj.
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medicate
(ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪt)vb (tr)
1. (Medicine) to cover or impregnate (a wound, etc) with an ointment, cream, etc
2. (Medicine) to treat (a patient) with a medicine
3. (Medicine) to add a medication to (a bandage, shampoo, etc)
[C17: from Latin medicāre to heal]
ˈmedicative adj
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med•i•cate
(ˈmɛd ɪˌkeɪt)v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing.
1. to treat with medicine or medicaments.
2. to impregnate with a medicine: medicated cough drops.
[1615–25; < Latin medicātus medicated (past participle of medicāre), healed (past participle of medicārī). See medical, -ate1]
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medicate
Past participle: medicated
Gerund: medicating
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| Verb | 1. | medicate - impregnate with a medicinal substance practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" impregnate, saturate - infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" |
| 2. |  medicate - treat medicinally, treat with medicinepractice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" salve - apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing |
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medicate
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Translations
medicate
[ˈmedɪkeɪt] VT [+ patient] → medicar; [+ wound] → curar; [+ dressing, bandage] → impregnar (with de)Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
medicate
vt → (medizinisch) behandeln
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
med·i·cate
vt. recetar, medicinar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
medicate
vt medicar; medicated shampoo..champú medicadoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.