verb
administer
To give medicine or medical treatment.
The nurse administers the prescribed medicine during the morning round.
Etymology
Latin ad- and ministrare connect the word with serving or attending to someone. In medical use, that service takes the specific form of supplying medicine or carrying out treatment.
More examples
- A trained clinician administered the injection.
- Only authorized staff may administer treatment at the clinic.
- The team records who is administering each dose.
Forms
administer · administers · administered · administering
administration noun — The act of giving medicine or treatment.