Definition of Overprescribed

1. Verb. (past of overprescribe) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overprescribed

1. overprescribe [v] - See also: overprescribe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overprescribed

overpraised
overpraises
overpraising
overprecious
overprecise
overpredict
overpredicted
overpredicting
overpredicts
overpreparation
overprepare
overprepared
overprepares
overpreparing
overprescribe
overprescribed (current term)
overprescribes
overprescribing
overprescription
overprescriptions
overpress
overpressed
overpresses
overpressing
overpressure
overpressured
overpressures
overpressuring
overpressurisation
overpressurisations

Literary usage of Overprescribed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: State of the Science, Best Practicesby Peter S. Jensen, James R. Cooper by Peter S. Jensen, James R. Cooper (2002)
"Are stimulants overprescribed? Treatment of ADHD in 4 US communities. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38, 797-804. ..."

2. Blood Supply: Transfusion-Associated Risks by Marcia G. Crosse (1999)
"The most overprescribed blood component, however, is probably fresh-frozen plasma. In 1986, Blumberg and colleagues indicated that as many as 73 percent of ..."

3. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Pharmaceutical drugs are seen increasingly as overprescribed, expensive, even dangerous. Herbal remedies are seen as less expensive and less toxic. ..."

4. Liquor Potassii Arsenitis by Henry August Langenhan (1918)
"The objection to establishing a definite dose was the possibility of legal difficulties if this dose were overprescribed.111 In reviewing the ..."

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