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mismedication

mismedication noun: inappropriate use of medication, or use of a wrong medication.

Noun

mismedication (countable and uncountable, plural mismedications)

  1. Inappropriate use of medication, or use of a wrong medication.
    • There is ample documentation of overmedication, undermedication, and mismedication of nursing home residents.2010, Professor Richard R Abood, Pharmacy Practice and the Law

Forms of mismedication

pluralmismedications

Origin of mismedication

From mis- + medication.

Questions about mismedication

What does mismedication mean?
Mismedication means inappropriate use of medication, or use of a wrong medication.
What part of speech is mismedication?
Mismedication is a noun.
What is the plural of mismedication?
The plural of mismedication is mismedications.

Words near mismedication in the dictionary

  1. mismeasured
  2. mismeasurement
  3. mismeasurements
  4. mismeasures
  5. mismeasuring
  6. mismedication
  7. mismedications
  8. mismeet
  9. mismeeting
  10. mismeetings
  11. mismeets

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