polypharmacaladj.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlɪˈfɑːməkl/, U.S.

/ˌpɑliˈfɑrmək(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολυϕάρμακος , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πολυϕάρμακος knowing many drugs or charms, in Hellenistic Greek also given to the use of drugs or medicines, compounded of many drugs, (of countries) abounding in healing or poisonous herbs ( < πολυ- poly- comb. form + ϕάρμακον medicine: see pharmaco- comb. form) + -al suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier polypharmaceutical adj. Compare polypharmacy n.

Medicine.

†1. Using many drugs or medicines. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Polypharmacal, that hath many medicines.

2. = polypharmaceutical adj. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > [adjective] > using many drugs

polypharmaceutical1852

polypharmacal1927

polydrug1971

1927 C. H. La Wall Four Thousand Years Pharmacy iii. 93 The Arabians perpetuated the polypharmacal combinations which had come down from the Egyptians.

1966 G. Watson Theriac & Mithridatium iii. 114 Texts of ancient medical writers with polypharmacal formulae had become available.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polypharmacal
释义	polypharmacaladj. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈfɑːməkl/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈfɑrmək(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολυϕάρμακος , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < ancient Greek πολυϕάρμακος knowing many drugs or charms, in Hellenistic Greek also given to the use of drugs or medicines, compounded of many drugs, (of countries) abounding in healing or poisonous herbs ( < πολυ- poly- comb. form + ϕάρμακον medicine: see pharmaco- comb. form) + -al suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier polypharmaceutical adj. Compare polypharmacy n. Medicine. †1. Using many drugs or medicines. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Polypharmacal, that hath many medicines. 2. = polypharmaceutical adj. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > [adjective] > using many drugs polypharmaceutical1852 polypharmacal1927 polydrug1971 1927 C. H. La Wall Four Thousand Years Pharmacy iii. 93 The Arabians perpetuated the polypharmacal combinations which had come down from the Egyptians. 1966 G. Watson Theriac & Mithridatium iii. 114 Texts of ancient medical writers with polypharmacal formulae had become available. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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