self-medication
noun[U]
uk/ˌself.med.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌself.med.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/theactof takingmedicineordrugstohelpyou with aconditionwithoutaskingadoctor:
自我药疗The only self-medication weallowisaspirinfor aheadache.我们唯一允许的自我药疗是头痛时服用阿司匹林。
Thepaindrovehim to self-medication withalcohol.疼痛驱使他用酒精进行自我药疗。
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self-medicate
- In myview, self-medication forseriousconditionsis out of thequestion.
- Strongoppositionto self-medication did notdevelopuntil the twentiethcentury.
- Manyillegalimmigrantsrely on self-medication orhomeremedies.
- Symptoms of theproblemincludeself-medication withdrugsoralcohol.
- One of the few thingsalmostall thesementallyillpeoplehave incommonisdrugaddiction, often aformof self-medication.
Medicines & drugs: administering drugs & medicines
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- auto-injector
- blood doping
- bolus
- dispense
- inject
- jab
- knock
- knocksomeoneout
- lethal injection
- medicated
- microdose
- microdosing
- prescribe
- putsomethingon
- reinject
- reinjection
- sedation
- self-medicate