self-medication

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ medication.

Noun

self-medication (uncountable)

1. Medication of oneself without professional advice in order to treat a real or imagined condition.

   Synonym: (rare) automedication

   Hypernym: self-treatment

Related terms

• self-medicate
• self-medicator

 

Translations

medication of oneself without professional advice

• Belarusian: самалячэ́нне n (samaljačénnje)
• Bulgarian: самолече́ние n (samolečénie)
• Catalan: automedicació (ca) f
• Danish: selvmedicinering
• Dutch: zelfmedicatie (nl) f, automedicatie f
• Finnish: itselääkitys
• French: automédication (fr) f
• Galician: automedicación (gl) f
• German: Selbstmedikation (de) f
• Hungarian: öngyógyszerezés, öngyógyszerelés
• Italian: automedicazione (it) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: samoleczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: automedicação (pt) f
• Romanian: automedicație (ro) f
• Russian: самолече́ние (ru) n (samolečénije)
• Spanish: automedicación f
• Swedish: självmedicinering (sv) c
• Ukrainian: самолікува́ння n (samolikuvánnja)