premedication

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic, especially to induce sedation; the drug so administered.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Pre medication.

   “The retrospective study revealed that, in the acetaminophen group, the mean value of postmedication body temperature (BT) was significantly higher than that of the premedication BT.”