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polymedicate

polymedicate verb: to medicate with more than one medication.

Verb

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.
    • During the first days after the onset of stroke, patients were polymedicated.2016 January 28, “Microparticle Shedding from Neural Progenitor Cells and Vascular Compartment Cells Is Increased in Ischemic Stroke”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of polymedicate

third-person singular presentpolymedicates
present participlepolymedicating
past participlepolymedicated
pastpolymedicated

Origin of polymedicate

From poly- + medicate.

Questions about polymedicate

What does polymedicate mean?
Polymedicate means to medicate with more than one medication.
What part of speech is polymedicate?
Polymedicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of polymedicate?
The past tense of polymedicate is polymedicated.

Words near polymedicate in the dictionary

  1. polymavirus
  2. polymazia
  3. polymedia
  4. polymedial
  5. polymediality
  6. polymedicate
  7. polymedicated
  8. polymedicates
  9. polymedicating
  10. polymedication
  11. polymegethism

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