administer
verb
to give someone a drug or medical treatment
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to stop taking something such as a medicine or drug
to give someone a lot of drugs or medicine with the result that they cannot behave normally
to start taking a particular medicine or drug
verb
to put a drug or another substance into your body through the skin, using a needle and a syringe
verb
to protect someone against a particular disease by injecting a medicine containing a small amount of the disease into them, so that their body becomes immune to it
to choose to pay for medical treatment, rather than use the free treatment provided by the national health service
to put a lot of a substance, especially a drug, into someone’s body
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