polypharmacistn.
/ˌpɒlɪˈfɑːməsɪst/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈfɑrməsəst/ Medicine.
A person who takes multiple medicines or drugs for concurrent disorders; (also) one who prescribes such a course of action.
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polypharmacist1886
1886 W. T. Gairdner in A. Christison et al. Life Sir R. Christison II. vii. 134 Dr. Graham, a strong and unhesitating therapeutist, and also not a little of a polypharmacist.
2001 Omaha (Nebraska) World Herald (Nexis) 9 July 25 ‘Polypharmacists’ turn to drugs for everything that ails them, and ‘polyherbologists’ substitute herbs for drugs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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