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PRONUNCIATION OF POLY-DRUG

poly-drug play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLY-DRUG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Poly-Drug is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES POLY-DRUG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

poly-drug

Poly drug use

Polydrug use refers to the use of two or more psychoactive drugs in combination to achieve a particular effect. In many cases one drug is used as a base or primary drug, with additional drugs to leaven or compensate for the side effects of the primary drug and make the experience more enjoyable with drug synergy effects, or to supplement for primary drug when supply is low.

Definition of poly-drug in the English dictionary

The definition of poly-drug in the dictionary is involving or taking more than one kind of illegal drug.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLY-DRUG

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polyactine
polyadelphous
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polyalcohol
polyamide
polyamine
polyandrous
polyandry
polyantha
polyanthus
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polyarch
polyarchies
polyarchy

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLY-DRUG

anticancer drug
antidrug
bedrug
class A drug
class B drug
class C drug
controlled drug
designer drug
drug
fertility drug
gateway drug
generic drug
hard drug
miracle drug
multidrug
performance-enhancing drug
prodrug
recreational drug
sulfa drug
wonder drug

Synonyms and antonyms of poly-drug in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «poly-drug» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLY-DRUG

Find out the translation of poly-drug to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of poly-drug from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «poly-drug» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多种药物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

policonsumo
570 millions of speakers

English

poly-drug
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पाली दवा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بولي المخدرات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полинаркомания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poli - droga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পলি-ড্রাগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polyconsommation de drogues
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Poli-dadah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Poly- Drogen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポリ - 薬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

폴리 약물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Poly-drug
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

poly- thuốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாலி-மருந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहु-औषध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

poli-ilaç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

policonsumo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poli - lek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

полінаркоманія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poli de droguri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολυ - φάρμακο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poli- dwelm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

missbruk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

poly - stoff
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of poly-drug

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLY-DRUG»

The term «poly-drug» is normally little used and occupies the 146.842 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLY-DRUG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «poly-drug» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «poly-drug» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about poly-drug

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLY-DRUG»

Discover the use of poly-drug in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to poly-drug and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Guidelines for the Programmatic Management of Drug-resistant ...
8.1 Chapter objectives 75 8.2 General considerations 75 8.3 Consequences for reporting 75 8.4 Treatment of patients with mono- and poly-resistant strains 76 Table 8.1 Suggested regimens for mono- and poly-drug resistance 77 Box 8.1 ...
‎2008
2
Preventing Harmful Substance Use: The evidence base for ...
The tendency to use different substances on the same or a different occasion is known as poly drug use. Early involvement in poly drug use is a marker of risk for later substance use problems. At age 13 approximately 9% of an Australian ...
Tim Stockwell, Paul Gruenewald, John Toumbourou, 2005
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Drugs and Drug Dependence: Linking Research, Policy and ...
Poly-drug use (PDU) has been defined as the use of more than one psychoactive drug by an individual either simultaneously or sequentially (WHO, 1994). However, patterns of use vary greatly in terms of substances, frequency and intensity.
‎2004
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The Australian Illicit Drug Guide: Every Person's Guide to ...
Overdose may be characterised as a continuum of adverse effects, starting from accidental overdose and including 'fatalistic' overdose, suicide and intentional overdose, and also encompassing the effects of poly-drug use. Non-fatal ...
Andrew Campbell, 2001
5
Illegal Leisure
Illegal Leisure offers a unique insight into the role drug use now plays in British youth culture.
Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham, Howard Parker, 2013
6
Varieties of Behavior Across and Within Persons in ...
It boggles the mind because it's never enough. [With cocaine] One dollar is too much money, and $1,000 is never enough. (Ray-Nata, a poly drug user, Interview #122) Describing poly drug use - a mix of heroin and cocaine: Poly drug users, ...
Regina Elizabeth Brisgone, 2008
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Poly substance use and mental health among individuals ...
Axis II personality features While Martinotti and colleagues (2009) did not assess the prevalence of Axis II disorders among poly drug dependent individuals, they did find a significantly higher prevalence of cluster B personality features (i.e., ...
Vanderplasschen Wouter, De Maeyer Jessica, Colpaert Kathy, Cogels Serge, Rea Andrea, Dom Geert, Sabbe Bernard, Broekaert Eric, 2012
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Two Worlds of Drug Consumption in Late Modern Societies
The marginalized poly-drug users are the group best known to drug professionals due to their contacts with drug services and the best described by the common documentation of the services and by special studies and reports. The drug ...
Irmgard Eisenbach-Stangl, Jacek Moskalewicz, Betsy Thom, 2009
9
The Dependent Personality
For poly-drug-abuse subjects, the most frequently used drugs were marijuana and alcohol. Blatt et al. (1984) found that polydrug abusers and opiate addicts actually had significantly lower DEQ dependency scores than did nondrug- abusing ...
Robert F. Bornstein, 1993
10
Drugs, Driving and Traffic Safety
Speed measures also increased significantly from the no drug condition to the MDMA condition to the poly drug condition. Participants in the poly drug condition were more likely to accept less clearance than in the no drug condition.
Joris C. Verster, S. R. Pandi-Perumal, Jan G. Ramaekers, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLY-DRUG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term poly-drug is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rehab service fears 'ice' age
“Alcohol addiction goes hand in hand with poly-drug use sadly and AOD workers such as those at CAAAPU need to be provided with up-to-date training in the ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
2
Adolescents prenatally exposed to cocaine more likely to have sex …
... and lead exposure may be promising in reducing early sexual initiation among high-risk prenatally cocaine/poly-drug exposed adolescents. «Healio, Jul 15»
3
Kids as young as 13 using 'legal highs'
He told the committee there has been an increasing trend towards poly-drug use, involving alcohol, illicit drugs and prescription medication, ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
4
Oireachtas members told of deaths from 'legal highs'
Mr Ó Ríordáin, who has responsibility for Drugs Strategy, told the committee that there has been an increasing trend towards poly-drug use, ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
5
Upper Saddle River man charged by grand jury with drug-induced …
... man with manslaughter and strict liability for a drug-induced death in the fatal overdose of a 19-year-old Ramsey man from a poly-drug mix. «Cliffviewpilot.com, Jun 15»
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'Heroin, benzos, pills, cocaine ... anything goes, so we need …
"Ireland has a poly-drug use problem but Dublin has a very specific problem with injecting. It's an injecting culture. "Our clients will inject any ... «Herald, Jun 15»
7
5 sick, 1 arrested after bad drugs ingested
“When you do poly-drug use, one wins out over the other,” McDonell said. Ottawa Police charged a 29-year-old man with drug trafficking, two ... «Ottawa Sun, Jun 15»
8
'I have supplied him with clean clothes and bought his favourite …
This person is a chaotic poly-drug user, with complex mental health issues and a long history of non-engagement with us and community ... «Communitycare.co.uk, Jun 15»
9
Decline in problem drinking cases
Poly-drug use was a factor in one-in-five cases in 2013, with cannabis, cocaine, benzodiazepines, and ecstasy the most likely drugs to be used ... «Irish Examiner, Jun 15»
10
Homeless woman tells court one man laughed as she was allegedly …
Under cross examination from Feargal Kavanagh SC, defending the first accused, she admitted that she used to be a poly-drug user and that ... «Sunday World, Jun 15»

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