Premedication
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Premedication is a noun meaning Pre medication.
Meaning
Pre medication.
More Meanings
- (medicine) The administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic, especially to induce sedation; the drug so administered.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- premedications
Antonyms for premedication
Common opposites include postmedication.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include atropine, premed, preanaesthetic, preanesthetic, pre-op, premedicine.
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