as in drug
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
Unlike medications, supplements are not regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 26 June 2025
Oral prescription anticholinergic medications like oxybutynin and glycopyrrolate can prevent the stimulation of sweat glands.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Navigating these effects often requires an integrative approach, blending psychosexual therapy, medication review and lifestyle interventions.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
The researchers also touted several other medical advancements, including coronary artery bypass grafting, cardiac imaging and many new heart disease medications.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 26 June 2025
Oral prescription anticholinergic medications like oxybutynin and glycopyrrolate can prevent the stimulation of sweat glands.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Navigating these effects often requires an integrative approach, blending psychosexual therapy, medication review and lifestyle interventions.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
The researchers also touted several other medical advancements, including coronary artery bypass grafting, cardiac imaging and many new heart disease medications.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medication
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Consistent water intake may be particularly important for people taking medications that can cause dehydration, including some blood pressure drugs, antidepressants and antibiotics.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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Why Specialty Clinics Feel The Pain First Specialty clinics face a perfect storm of challenges: high-cost drugs, evolving payer policies and thousands of diagnosis and procedure codes that need to match up precisely.—
Sally Ragab,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Science magazine described the medicine the most important scientific advance of 2024. Already a subscriber?—
Jorge Garay,
Wired News,
20 June 2025
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The positive result, which the player blamed on accidentally ingesting some of his son’s cough medicine, only became apparent once Gomez had left Sevilla and joined Monza in 2023.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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If Google’s Ai Mode Succeeds? One possible remedy for content providers — which The Atlantic highlights — is to maintain direct access to their content consumers.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Former President Joe Biden's DOJ, riding a wave of anti-corporatism on the left, proposed a far-reaching set of remedies that strayed well beyond the original case.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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There is currently no cure for the disease, per The Mayo Clinic.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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There is no cure for this disease, so dispose of these plants before the beetles can feed further and spread the bacteria to other plants.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
23 June 2025
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“Medication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medication. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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