1. giving medicine or medical treatment to someone
Usage: present participle of medicate
2. taking medicine or drugs, especially to treat a condition
Usage: often used reflexively or intransitively

Examples

• The nurse is medicating the patient every four hours.
• She has been medicating her anxiety with prescribed pills.
• The doctor recommended medicating the infection immediately.
• He’s been medicating himself for chronic pain.
• The veterinarian is medicating the injured animal.
• Stop medicating without consulting your physician first.