Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drug of last resort

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: drug of last re-sort
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pharmaceutical drug that is tried after all other drug options have failed to produce an adequate response in the patient.

Inflected Forms

drugs of last resort (plural)

Synonyms

DoLR

Questions

What does drug of last resort mean?: A pharmaceutical drug that is tried after all other drug options have failed to produce an adequate response in the patient.

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