undermedication
English
editEtymology
editFrom under- + medication.
Noun
editundermedication (uncountable)
- (medicine) Insufficient medicating; underuse of medication.
- 1988, Helene L. Lipton, Philip Randolph Lee, Mark S. Freeland, Drugs and the Elderly: Clinical, Social, and Policy Perspectives[1]:
- In addition to the problem of overmedication, there is some evidence that undermedication also may be occurring, though its extent and causes are unknown.