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polypharmaceutical, n. and a. Med.|ˌpɒlɪfɑːməˈsjuːtɪkəl|
[f. poly- + pharmaceutical.]
A. n. A medicinal preparation containing several drugs.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to polypharmacy.
Usu. disparaging; cf. next.
1961Lancet 16 Sept. 658/2 The [pharmaceuticals] industry, say some doctors, makes excessive profits;..indulges in excessive and irrelevant promotion of its products;..goes in for dubious polypharmaceuticals. 1974M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. i. 6 A very simple preparation was Paracelsus' laudanum, which contained opium, gold, and pearls. (Note that even Paracelsus retained vestiges of polypharmaceutical formulation.) |