polypharmacy

[ pol-ee-fahr-muh-see ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition or disease.

Word History and Origins

Origin of polypharmacy¹

First recorded in 1755–65; poly- + pharmacy

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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