self-medicate

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English

Etymology

self- +‎ medicate

Verb

self-medicate (third-person singular simple present self-medicates, present participle self-medicating, simple past and past participle self-medicated)

(transitive, intransitive, medicine) To consume a substance as a medication without the advice of a physician.
Synonym: automedicate

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Translations

Galician: automedicarse
Italian: autosomministrare
Portuguese: automedicarse
Spanish: automedicarse (es)
Swedish: självmedicinera (sv)

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