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overprescribe

verb

Etymology

From over- + prescribe.

  1. borrowed from praescrībere
  2. prefixed as overprescribe — “over + prescribe”

Definitions

  1. To prescribe (a drug) more frequently than appropriate.

    • The drug maker Purdue Pharma has agreed […] to settle complaints that it encouraged physicians to overprescribe its painkiller OxyContin.

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