polymedicate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

poly- +‎ medicate

Verb[edit]

polymedicate (third-person singular simple present polymedicates, present participle polymedicating, simple past and past participle polymedicated)

  1. (transitive) To medicate with more than one medication.
    • 2016 January 28, “Microparticle Shedding from Neural Progenitor Cells and Vascular Compartment Cells Is Increased in Ischemic Stroke”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      During the first days after the onset of stroke, patients were polymedicated.

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