self-medication

Questions

What does self-medication mean?

The treatment or medication of oneself without professional advice in order to treat a real or imagined condition.

Where does self-medication come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English medication English self-medication From self- + medication.

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