Meaning
to dress, bandage, treat
- to clean, treat, and bandage a wound or injury
- to administer medical treatment to a patient
In a sentence
L'infermiere ha medicato il taglio sul braccio con cura.
The nurse carefully dressed the cut on the arm.
Dobbiamo medicare subito quella ferita prima che si infetti.
We must treat that wound right away before it gets infected.
Sei andato al pronto soccorso per farti medicare?
Did you go to the emergency room to get treated?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| medicare | infinitive |
| medico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| medichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| medica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| medichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| medicate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| medicano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| medicavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| medicavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| medicava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| medicavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| medicavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| medicavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| medicai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| medicasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| medicò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| medicammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| medicaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| medicarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| medicherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| medicherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| medicherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| medicheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| medicherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| medicheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| medichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| medichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| medichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| medichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| medichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| medichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| medicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| medicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| medicasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| medicassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| medicaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| medicassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| medicherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| medicheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| medicherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| medicheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| medichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| medicherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| medica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| medichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| medicate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| medicando | gerund |
| medicato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Refers specifically to cleaning and dressing wounds, not to prescribing internal medication.