overmedication

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ medication.

Noun

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overmedication (countable and uncountable, plural overmedications)

  1. (medicine) Excessive medicating; overuse of medication
    • 2008 January 15, Jane E. Brody, “A Stable Life, Despite Persistent Dizziness”, in New York Times[1]:
      This can result from dehydration, abnormal heart rhythms, overmedication with blood pressure drugs and disorders of the autonomic nervous system.