medicate

Meanings

• Verb

  To administer a medicine or drug to someone or something.

  - "The doctor will medicate the patient with the prescribed medication."
  - "The nurse will medicate the patients in the ward."

• Verb

  To treat or alleviate (a condition or symptom) with medicine.

  - "I need to medicate my dog for his arthritis."
  - "The patient's condition improved after being medicated."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with medicate
meditate , animate , anabate , abate , frigate

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Variants

List of all variants of medicate that leads to same result
medicate , medicated , medicates , medicating , self-medicate , self-medicated , self-medicates , self-medicating

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'medicare', meaning 'to heal'.

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Trivia

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1. Medicate is a 1997 American drama film directed by Henry Bean.

2. In the medical field, 'medicate' is often used interchangeably with 'medication'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Pharmacy: The practice of preparing and dispensing medicines.

2. Medication: A medicine or drug used to treat or prevent a disease.

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Culture

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In literature, 'medicate' has been used to describe the act of healing or providing relief through medicine. For instance, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', the doctor attempts to 'medicate' Lady Macbeth's sleep-walking.

How to Memorize "medicate"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a doctor or nurse administering medication to a patient.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'medicate' with the idea of healing or providing relief.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'M' for medicine, 'A' for administer, 'D' for drug, and 'I' for illness.

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