el
masculine
/meðikaˈmento/
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Translation
medication, medicine
Word origin
From Latin medicamentum ('remedy, drug'), from medicare ('to heal'), from medicus ('doctor').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- medicamentum
- English cognates
- medicament, medical
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralmedicamentos
Examples
recetó .
The doctor prescribed me a new medication.
.
You must take this medicine twice a day.
¿ ?
Is this medicine sold without a prescription?
.
Keep the medication away from the children.
pocas .
The medicine brought his fever down within a few hours.
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