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Chris -- 2018-04-11
It’s hard to believe that this hasn’t been posted yet (it’s probably buried in one of Ken’s earliest posts), so apologies in advance if I’m stepping on toes – Google didn’t bring anything up.
381 unique google hits for “drug regiment”; 76 ugh for “regiment of drugs.” Many k for the std. versions.
To anyone who’s ever been placed on a multi-drug regimen, that collection of little bottles can start looking like a veritable regiment. And “regimen” and “regiment” are in fact very closely related etymologically; as far as the OED is concerned, both words can mean “government” or “rule.” For most English speakers today, however, “regiment” will usually denote a large body of troops, so I’d argue that the use of the term in the drug sense is potentially eggcornish. Examples:
Prostate care for EP usually begins with a regiment of drugs called 5-alpha reductase inhibitors or 5ARIs.
http://www.prostatehealthden.com/Articl … e_Care.php
Antiretroviral therapy is a treatment consisting of a regiment of drugs, which work against HIV by slowing down the reproduction of HIV in the body, reducing the viral load and repairing damage to the immune system.
http://www.tasouganda.org/faq.php
Dr. Pranzatelli recognized Brenden’s symptoms immediately and began to prescribe a regiment of drugs to fight the tumor.”
http://www.omsusa.org/BrendenMcCoy.htm
Computerized physician order entry also known as CPOE is the prescribing from the drug regiment into a computerized system by a physician or other authorized prescriber.
http://www.centerfordrugsafety.org/
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Very interesting! Add to this the fact that “regimented” means disciplined or even difficulty or grueling. A person could be on a very regimented drug regimen. It’s easy to see how the two would blur in people’s minds. Definitely eggcornish, I would say.
Feeling quite combobulated.
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From the mouth of the shark: http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-gam … 012-03-31/
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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