polypharmacy
Multimedikation, Polypharmazie, Polypharmakotherapie
The use of multiple drugs to treat multiple concurrent disorders in the same patient,…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 (involving overmedication and overprescription).
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)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 (involving overmedication and overprescription).
Multimedikation, Polypharmazie, Polypharmakotherapie
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Origin
From poly- + pharmacy, after Ancient Greek πολυφάρμακος (poluphármakos).From poly- + pharmacy, after Ancient Greek πολυφάρμακος (poluphármakos).
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Word family
3 related wordsDerivedhyperpolypharmacy
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable