oversedate

English

Etymology

over- +‎ sedate

Verb

oversedate (third-person singular simple present oversedates, present participle oversedating, simple past and past participle oversedated)

1. (transitive) To sedate excessively.
   • 2008 March 6, Sarah Kershaw, “My Root Canal? It’s a Blur”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But the practice has drawn mounting criticism from doctors and dentists who say it poses a dangerous risk of patients being oversedated by dentists who often have completed only a 24-hour training course and are not equipped to safely monitor the drugs.

Related terms

• oversedation