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premedication en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + medication.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pre medication.
    • 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. 2015 October 3, “Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Are Better than Acetaminophen on Fever Control at Acute Stage of Fracture”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Antonyms

postmedication

premedication en · NOUN

Etymology

From pre- + medication.

Meanings

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

Forms

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Translations (5)

de medikamentöse Vorbehandlung (administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic) · cs premedikace (administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic) · de Vormedikation (administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic) · de Prämedikation (administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic) · es premedicación (administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic)