(transitive, intransitive, medicine) To consume a substance as a medication without the advice of a physician, in order to treat a real or imagined condition.

simple past tense and past participle of self-medicate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of self-medicate

(obsolete) The ring finger.

A person who administers self-medication.

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

An official account or record of a person's health and medical history.

(derogatory) Travelling across international borders, generally from a rich country to a poor country, to deliver healthcare, often on a temporary basis.

(ethics) The branch of ethics that examines questions of moral right and wrong arising in the context of the practice of medicine.

plural of medical doctor