Automedication
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Automedication is a noun meaning (medicine, rare) Self-medication.
Meaning
(medicine, rare) Self-medication.
Example Sentences
It is difficult to clarify the hepatotoxicity of herbal remedies, especially if they are comprised of a mixture of several plants or various components of the plant. Moreover, herbal remedies are often applied as automedication, and patients withhold the information that they have used them.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include self-medication, polymedication, self-treatment, autotherapy, medicamentation, medication.
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