Oversedate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To sedate excessively. transitive
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From over- + sedate.
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