undermedication

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under- +‎ medication

Noun[edit]

undermedication (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Insufficient medicating; underuse of medication.
    • 1988, Helene L. Lipton, Philip Randolph Lee, Mark S. Freeland, Drugs and the Elderly: Clinical, Social, and Policy Perspectives[1]:
      In addition to the problem of overmedication, there is some evidence that undermedication also may be occurring, though its extent and causes are unknown.