Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polypharmacist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polyphar-ma-cist
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who prescribes multiple drugs for multiple concurrent disorders

noun

A patient who is prescribed such drugs

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English pharmacist English polypharmacist From poly- + pharmacist.

Inflected Forms

polypharmacists (plural)

Questions

What does polypharmacist mean?: A person who prescribes multiple drugs for multiple concurrent disorders
Where does polypharmacist come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English pharmacist English polypharmacist From poly- + pharmacist.

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