polypharmacon

noun

poly·​phar·​ma·​con

: a remedy compounded of many ingredients

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek polypharmakon, neuter of polypharmakos compounded of many drugs, from poly- + -pharmakos, from pharmakon drug

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