(medicine) The administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic, especially to induce sedation; the drug so administered.

Pre medication.

plural of premedication

Describing activities prior to, or in preparation for, a study of medicine.

simple past tense and past participle of premedicate

medicated in advance

A person who is studying pre-med.

plural of premedic

present participle of premedicate

To medicate beforehand, such as medicating before a surgical procedure.