POLYPHARMACY

Etymology

Noun

polypharmacy (uncountable)

(medicine) The use of multiple drugs to treat multiple concurrent disorders in the same (now especially elderly) patient, chiefly with connotations of indiscriminate or excessive prescription. [from 18th c.]

Source: Wiktionary


Pol`y*phar"ma*cy, n. Etym: [Poly- + Gr. polypharmacie.] (Med.) (a) The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines. (b) A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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