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polypharmacy
[ pol-ee-fahr-muh-see ]
noun
, Pharmacology.
- the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition or disease.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of polypharmacy1
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Example Sentences
Polypharmacy, pol-i-fr′ma-si n. the prescribing of too many medicines.
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These preparations are a remnant of the days of polypharmacy.
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With Arabian influence came polypharmacy, distrust of nature, and attempts to cure disease rather than help nature.
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They corrected the polypharmacy of the Arabs and restored natural modes of cure to their proper place.
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The formularies of the Middle Ages encouraged this so-called "polypharmacy."
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