Polypharmacy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polypharmacy \Pol`y*phar"ma*cy\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? the using of
     medicine, fr. ? medicine: cf. F. polypharmacie.] (Med.)
     (a) The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines.
     (b) A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients.
         --Dunglison.
         [1913 Webster]