1.  medication(n = noun.artifact) medicament, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease;
is a kind of drug
has particulars: acyclovir, zovirax, alendronate, fosamax, allopurinol, zyloprim, amrinone, inocor, analgesic, anodyne, pain pill, painkiller, angiogenesis inhibitor, antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication, antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide, anticholinergic, anticholinergic drug, anticholinesterase, anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant, anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug, antidepressant, antidepressant drug, antidiabetic, antidiabetic drug, antidiarrheal, antidiarrheal drug, antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug, antiemetic, antiemetic drug, antihistamine, antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug, anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug, antiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug, antipyretic, febrifuge, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antispasmodic agent, spasmolytic, antitussive, antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drug, apc, astringent, astringent drug, styptic, atomic cocktail, azathioprine, imuran, blocker, blocking agent, bronchodilator, calcium-channel blocker, calcium blocker, carminative, atromid-s, clofibrate, clopidogrel bisulfate, plavix, cold medicine, counterirritant, cytotoxic drug, decongestant, demulcent, diaphoretic, antabuse, disulfiram, dosage, dose, drixoral, drug cocktail, haart, highly active antiretroviral therapy, expectorant, expectorator, fixed-combination drug, gemfibrozil, lopid, haematinic, hematinic, herbal medicine, histamine blocker, immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor, inhalant, inhalation, isoproterenol, isuprel, isordil, isosorbide, lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine, statin, statin drug, mecholyl, methacholine, nux vomica, over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine, oxytocic, oxytocic drug, camphorated tincture of opium, paregoric, patent medicine, cuprimine, penicillamine, metrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, pentylenetetrazol, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, placebo, powder, ethical drug, prescription, prescription drug, prescription medicine, probenecid, aperient, cathartic, physic, purgative, curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic, rubefacient, depressant, downer, sedative, sedative drug, soothing syrup, specific, carafate, sucralfate, sudatory, sudorific, suppository, tincture, restorative, tonic, tyrosine kinase inhibitor, vermicide, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge
Derived form verb medicate₂

2.  medication(n = noun.act) - the act of treating with medicines or remedies;
is a kind of therapy
has particulars: antipyresis, administration, giving medication
Derived forms verb medicate₂, verb medicate₁

   The act or process of medicating. [1913 Webster]

medication, n.
1 a substance used for medical treatment.
2 treatment using drugs.

antiarrhythmic medication, anticoagulant medication, giving medication, ionic medication, lipid-lowering medication