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薬物投与 (yakubutsutouyo) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

薬やく物ぶつ投とう与よ

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Meanings

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drug administration; medication

Technical and formal term used in medical, pharmacological, and legal contexts. Refers to the act of giving a drug or the state of being medicated.

医い師しは患かん者じゃへの薬やく物ぶつ投とう与よを慎しん重

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に

管かん

理り

する

。

The doctor carefully manages drug administration to patients.

薬やく物ぶつ投とう与よの記き録ろくは電でん子しカルテに保ほ存ぞんされる。

Records of medication are stored in the electronic medical chart.

Kanji

薬medicine, chemical, enamel
物thing, object, matter
投throw, discard, abandon
与bestow, participate in, give

Related words

投とう薬やく
投薬 is a more common clinical term for administering medicine, while 薬物投与 is more formal and often used in research or legal documents.
服ふく薬やく
服薬 refers to taking medicine from the patient's perspective, whereas 薬物投与 is from the administrator's perspective.

Built from

薬やく物ぶつ+投とう与よ

Etymology

Compound of 薬物 (drug) and 投与 (administration). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a modern technical coinage.