What does oversedate mean?
Oversedate means (transitive) To sedate excessively..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To sedate excessively..
But the practice has drawn mounting criticism from doctors and dentists who say it poses a dangerous risk of patients being oversedated by dentists who often have completed only a 24-hour training course and are not equipped to safely monitor the drugs.
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Oversedate means (transitive) To sedate excessively..
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But the practice has drawn mounting criticism from doctors and dentists who say it poses a dangerous risk of patients being oversedated by dentists who often have completed only a 24-hour training course and are not equipped to safely monitor the drugs.
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