medical marijuana

noun

variants: or less commonly medical cannabis

Definition of medical marijuana

: marijuana that is available only by prescription and is used to treat a variety of medical conditions (such as pain, anxiety, nausea, and glaucoma) In the 14 states that allow medical marijuana, middle-aged baby boomers talk quite freely about filling their prescriptions at the local dispensary (of which there are nearly 1,400 in California alone).— Eve Conant also : any of various substances (such as cannabidiol) extracted from marijuana and used similarly

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medical marijuana

noun

variants: also medical cannabis

Medical Definition of medical marijuana

: marijuana that is available only by prescription and is used to treat a variety of medical conditions (as pain, anxiety, nausea, and glaucoma) also : any of various substances (as cannabidiol) extracted from marijuana and used similarly