n 1  :  the act of mitigating or state of being mitigated <the cure, prevention, or of disease -Encyc. Americana>   2  :  something that mitigates <a large number of drugs and s … at the clinic -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  med·i·ca·tion 
 
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