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What is the verb for medicine?

What's the verb for medicine? Here's the word you're looking for.

medicalize
  1. (transitive) To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine.
  2. Examples:
    1. “There are a lot of other factors to consider and we shouldn't medicalize all human behavior.”
      “This era of social reorganization and professionalization also brought the first widespread attempt to medicalize drunkenness.”
      “This move to pathologize and medicalize every human emotion and behavior is succeeding if one believes IMS America, which tracks the pharmaceutical companies.”
medicate
  1. (transitive) To prescribe or administer medication to.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “What gives the government the right to medicate people without their permission?”
      “I don't want to put her through allergy testing, but how can I safely medicate her with over-the-counter medications?”
      “He just doesn't agree with the rush to brand it a new mental disorder and medicate without first exploring less drastic options.”
medicalise
  1. Alternative spelling of medicalize
med
  1. (Britain, dialect) may; might
medicine
  1. (rare, obsolete) To treat with medicine.
medicalises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of medicalise
medicalizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of medicalize
medicates
medicalised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of medicalise
medicalized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of medicalize
medicined
  1. simple past tense and past participle of medicine
medicated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of medicate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Don't use medicated nose drops, sprays, or decongestants without first checking with your health care provider.”
      “Patients reported numerous problems in communicating their pain to nurses, and perhaps as a result, patients were very conservatively medicated.”
      “I am still heavily medicated and in pain, but can't see an end to this purgatory.”
medicalising
  1. present participle of medicalise
  2. Examples:
    1. “His comments prompt questions about whether raising awareness of social anxiety disorder may in fact be medicalising shyness.”
medicalizing
  1. present participle of medicalize
medicining
  1. present participle of medicine
medicating
  1. present participle of medicate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This makes medicating problems like TB, certain mental illnesses, epilepsy or diabetes very problematic.”
      “Running through plans and counter-plans, he drove me straight to a dingy pub where he began medicating himself with an endless stream of cigarettes and vodka shooters.”
      “A claim represents a specific use, use rate, and product formulation for a particular medicating ingredient.”
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