premedication

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ medication.

Noun

premedication (countable and uncountable, plural premedications)

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

Translations

administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic

Czech: premedikace f
German: Prämedikation f, Vormedikation f, medikamentöse Vorbehandlung f
Spanish: premedicación (es) f

Adjective

premedication (not comparable)

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, →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.

Antonyms

postmedication

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