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noun
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From poly- + pharmacy, after Ancient Greek πολυφάρμακος (poluphármakos).
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