polymedicate

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verb

To medicate with more than one medication.

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Meanings

verbpolymedicate (third-person singular simple present polymedicates, present participle polymedicating, simple past and past participle polymedicated)

present singular third person polymedicates · participle present polymedicating · participle past polymedicated · past polymedicated

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From poly- + medicate.

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APA

polymedicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polymedicate

MLA

“polymedicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polymedicate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polymedicate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polymedicate.

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