Overmedication

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive medicating; overuse of medication countable, uncountable

    "This can result from dehydration, abnormal heart rhythms, overmedication with blood pressure drugs and disorders of the autonomic nervous system."

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"This can result from dehydration, abnormal heart rhythms, overmedication with blood pressure drugs and disorders of the autonomic nervous system."

Etymology

From over- + medication.

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