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Webster 1913 Edition
Polypharmacy
Polˊy-phar′ma-cy
,Noun.
[
Poly-
+ Gr. [GREEK] the using of medicine, fr. [GREEK] medicine: cf. F. polypharmacie
.] (Med.)
(a)
The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines.
(b)
A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients.
Dunglison.
Definition 2024
polypharmacy
polypharmacy
English
Noun
polypharmacy (uncountable)
- (medicine) The use of multiple drugs in a single prescription
- (medicine) The use of multiple drugs to treat multiple concurrent disorders in the same patient; especially the indiscriminate prescription of many drugs to elderly patients