"self-medicate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: self-medicates [present, singular, third-person], self-medicating [participle, present], self-medicated [participle, past], self-medicated [past]
Etymology: self- + medicate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|medicate}} self- + medicate Head templates: {{en-verb}} self-medicate (third-person singular simple present self-medicates, present participle self-medicating, simple past and past participle self-medicated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, medicine) To consume a substance as a medication without the advice of a physician. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: automedicate Related terms: self-medication, self-medicator Translations (Translations): automedicarse (Galician), autosomministrare (Italian), automedicarse (Portuguese), automedicarse (Spanish), självmedicinera (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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