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medication /med·i·ca·tion/ (med?i-ka´shun)

1. medicine (1).

2. impregnation with a medicine.

3. administration of a medicine or other remedy.

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ionic medication  iontophoresis.

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med·i·ca·tion (md-kshn)

n.

1. A medicine; a medicament.

2. The act or process of treating with medicine.

3. Administration of medicine.

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medication (med´ikā´shn),

n 1. a drug or other substance that is used as a medicine.
n 2. the administration of a medicine.

medication, antiretroviral, during pregnancy,

n.pl substances used to treat RNA viruses (including HIV). The effects on fetal development are not known; however, antiretroviral medications are generally still administered to infected mothers.

medication, complete,

n the combination of synergistic drugs used to sedate children undergoing prolonged or difficult dental procedures; the patient is in a state of sleep or light anesthesia.

medication, intracanal,

n a drug used in the root canal system during the course of therapy.

medication, official,

n See drug, official.

medication, officinal,

n See drug, officinal.

medication, repository,

n the slowly soluble drug mixtures intended for parenteral injection and gradual absorption into the blood and hence into other tissues of the body.

medication, sustained release,

n an oral dosage form designed to be absorbed at various levels in the gastrointestinal tract, thus prolonging action.

medication, transdermal,

n See transdermal delivery system.

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medication

1. administration of remedies.

2. a medicinal agent.

3. impregnation with a medicine.

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medication delivery

the routes used in medication. See drug administration.

mass medication

the medicament may be administered in the drinking water or in the feed. Mixing with the feed is limited to prophylactic dosing because sick animals rarely eat their feed in adequate amounts. Sick animals are more inclined to keep up their water intake, but still need to be observed to ensure that they are doing this. Animals suspected of not drinking must be treated individually. Special techniques of mass treatment include the laying of palatable baits for wildlife, although this is limited to once-only medications, such as oral vaccines, and aerosol administration, limited to closely confined groups such as chickens.

teratogenic medication

teratogenous effects produced by medication; known agents include methallibure, griseofulvin, cyclophosphamide, folic acid antagonists, parbendazole, corticosteroids, phenytoin, thalidomide, hydroxyzine, metrifonate, hydroxyurea.

medication tube

1. a short esophageal tube used in sheep, perorally, and horses, pernasally, for the administration of medicines.

2. an in situ tube used for the treatment of the eye in horses. See also subpalpebral lavage.

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medication Drug Theraeutics Any chemical substance, which may be natural or synthetic, that has a medical or pharmacologic affect on the body. See Co-medication, Herbal remedy.