: the treatment of disease and especially mental illness with drugs
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebFirst of all, insurers need to step up and universally cover nutritional counseling and pharmacotherapy. John Lamattina, Forbes, 16 May 2022 Eccrine is developing a medication monitoring platform that will personalize pharmacotherapy through the non-invasive measurement of drug levels in sweat. Sonia Chopra, Cincinnati.com, 17 Oct. 2019
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1903, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
pharmacotherapy
noun
phar·ma·co·ther·a·py ˌfär-mə-kō-ˈther-ə-pē
plural pharmacotherapies
: the treatment of disease and especially mental illness with drugs