premedication

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ medication.

Noun

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premedication (countable and uncountable, plural premedications)

  1. (medicine) The administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic, especially to induce sedation; the drug so administered.

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Adjective

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premedication (not comparable)

  1. Pre medication.
    • 2015 October 3, “Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Are Better than Acetaminophen on Fever Control at Acute Stage of Fracture”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The retrospective study revealed that, in the acetaminophen group, the mean value of postmedication body temperature (BT) was significantly higher than that of the premedication BT.

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