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overmedication

overmedication noun: excessive medicating; overuse of medication.

Noun

overmedication (countable and uncountable, plural overmedications)

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

Forms of overmedication

pluralovermedications

Origin of overmedication

From over- + medication.

Questions about overmedication

What does overmedication mean?
Overmedication means excessive medicating; overuse of medication.
What part of speech is overmedication?
Overmedication is a noun.
What is the plural of overmedication?
The plural of overmedication is overmedications.

Words near overmedication in the dictionary

  1. overmedicalizing
  2. overmedicate
  3. overmedicated
  4. overmedicates
  5. overmedicating
  6. overmedication
  7. overmedications
  8. overmeek
  9. overmeekness
  10. overmellow
  11. overmelt

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