Medication

Pronunciation

Definition 1

A legal drug that is used to prevent, treat, or relieve symptoms of a disease or abnormal condition. (NCI Dictionary)

Definition 2

A drug product that contains one or more active and/or inactive ingredients; it is intended to treat, prevent or alleviate the symptoms of disease. This term does not refer to the individual ingredients that make up the product. (NCI Thesaurus)

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