Definition of "premedication"

premedication

noun
countable and uncountable, plural premedications
1. (medicine) The administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic, especially to induce sedation; the drug so administered.
adjective
not comparable
1. Pre medication.
  Quotations
  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.
  2015 October 3, “Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Are Better than Acetaminophen on Fever Control at Acute Stage of Fracture”, in PLOS ONE‎