readminister

verb

re·​ad·​min·​is·​ter (ˌ)rē-əd-ˈmi-nə-stər 

readministered; readministering; readministers

transitive verb

: to administer (something) again

Researchers have long sought a universal flu vaccine—one that doesn't need to be readministered every year.

—Ian Haydon

readministration

(ˌ)rē-əd-ˌmi-nə-ˈstrā-shən 

-(ˌ)ad-

noun

readministration of a drug

Word History

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined above