Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overmedication

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-med-i-ca-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive medicating; overuse of medication

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This can result from dehydration, abnormal heart rhythms, overmedication with blood pressure drugs and disorders of the autonomic nervous system."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English medication English overmedication From over- + medication.

Usage

Inflected Forms

overmedications (plural)

Questions

What does overmedication mean?: Excessive medicating; overuse of medication
Where does overmedication come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English medication English overmedication From over- + medication.

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