Word: polypharmacy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pol
y
phar
ma
cy
Definition: The use of multiple drugs to treat multiple concurrent disorders in the same (now especially elderly) patient, chiefly with connotations of indiscriminate or excessive prescription.
Morphemes:
Affix: poly-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: many
Etymology Compounds: Affix: πολύς
Language: grc
Decoded: polus
Meaning: many, much
Affix: pharmacy
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A place where prescription drugs are dispensed; a dispensary.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φαρμακεύω
Language: grc
Decoded: pharmakeuo
Meaning: to use drugs
Affix: -ία
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns