prémédication
French, noun\pʁe.me.di.ka.sjɔ̃\
prémédication is spelled P-R-É-M-É-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prémédication is a French feminine noun meaning “premedication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Administration de médicaments avant un acte médical ou un examen, destinée à préparer le patient”.
What does prémédication mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepremedication
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Administration de médicaments avant un acte médical ou un examen, destinée à préparer le patient.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prémédication
- prémédications plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prémédication?
- \pʁe.me.di.ka.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prémédication in French?
prémédication appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).