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a substance or preparation used to treat disease
the doctor prescribed two different medications for the infection
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Recent Examples of medication
There is a self-serve kiosk inside the Village Hall by the police station, which is downstairs, where people can drop off their medications.
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Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Treatment options are limited, with no available medications.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
On-site staff members did not notify Hylton’s parents that he was being transferred to the ICU and failed to administer the appropriate medication for his worsening alcohol withdrawal, the report found.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
When medications didn't work, Krause turned to focused ultrasound treatments at Penn Medicine.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Treatment options are limited, with no available medications.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
On-site staff members did not notify Hylton’s parents that he was being transferred to the ICU and failed to administer the appropriate medication for his worsening alcohol withdrawal, the report found.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
When medications didn't work, Krause turned to focused ultrasound treatments at Penn Medicine.
—Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medication
Noun
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But the company is monitoring how many patients increase to higher doses of the drug, particularly the 9-mg and 25-mg versions.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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Minnesota legalized drug paraphernalia in 2023.—
Ashley Grams,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This could apply to writing projects, study, publishing, the law or medicine.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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The flat logistic curve that makes the rising tide gradual also means the final climb toward 99%-plus reliability is a long one, a meaningful buffer for error-intolerant professions in law, medicine, and engineering.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Common topics of health misinformation include false claims about vaccines, promoting remedies that are not supported by science and undermining scientific understanding about the causes of different health issues.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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The case initially sought remedies that could have separated Ticketmaster from Live Nation.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Let’s challenge Congress and the president to fund $100 billion in research to find a cure for breast cancer and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Right now, there is no cure, but researchers around the world are working on new treatments.—
Jon LaPook,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Medication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medication. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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