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noun
The illegal practice of a patient requesting treatment from multiple physicians in order to obtain prescription drugs, either to feed an addiction or resell them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: crime
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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