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medication

noun

ˌme-di-ˈkā-shən

Definition of medication

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 Lastly, dextromethorphan can interact with ADHD and antidepressant medications, so cough drops are a safer alternative. — Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 Millions of items are eligible for drone delivery out of the Tracy facility, Robertson said, from medications to phone chargers and cleaning products. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 There has been a noticeable increase in the use of GLP-1s for weight loss since the first medication received approval from the Food and Drug Administration in 2014, and even more so following approval of Wegovy in 2021 and Zepbound in 2023. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 At age 11, Jordan’s leukemia went into remission, but in 2019, she was diagnosed with liver failure caused by medications used during her childhood, Kennedy News & Media reported. — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medication

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One of the first focuses under the new corporate structure will be addressing cancer drug affordability, Shah said, with a goal of accelerating the adoption of lower-cost biosimilars, which are clinically equivalent drugs akin to generic drugs.

— Ian Thomas, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Scott’s narrator, Louise, is a musician of sorts, a frequent drug user, and a desperate diehard romantic, forever dogged by her ex-girlfriend Alex.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

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Prosecutors allege Clancy planned the killings by sending her husband to pick up takeout food and medicine, then, while he was gone, strangled the children with exercise bands.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Vanessa graduated from Florida International University, completed medical school, and entered a three-year emergency-medicine residency program at a South Florida hospital.

— Tania Francois, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

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With only Lucien, a freshly out twink with more heart than abs, still by his side, Jim must race to find a cure before the disease erases the community that once worshipped him.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Seventy-one-year-old Bruce Willis, as is well known, has been living with frontotemporal dementia since 2023, a degenerative neurological disease that has no cure.

— Roberta Mercuri, Vanity Fair, 30 Aug. 2026

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