"premedication" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From pre- + medication. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|pre|medication}} pre- + medication Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} premedication (not comparable)
  1. Pre medication. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-premedication-en-adj-BcPjVdvs Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 74 26

Noun

Forms: premedications [plural]
Etymology: From pre- + medication. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|pre|medication}} pre- + medication Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic): premedikace [feminine] (Czech), Prämedikation [feminine] (German), Vormedikation [feminine] (German), medikamentöse Vorbehandlung [feminine] (German), premedicación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-premedication-en-noun-76OTJXYF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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