What is (a) The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines. (b) A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients. Dunglison called?
polypharmacy — (a) The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines. (b) A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients. Dunglison. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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