"drug of choice" meaning in All languages combined

See drug of choice on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-drug of choice.ogg Forms: drugs of choice [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|drugs of choice}} drug of choice (plural drugs of choice)
  1. (law, narcotics) The particular substance, usually illicit, to which a person is addicted.
    Sense id: en-drug_of_choice-en-noun-43~nMEDq Categories (other): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Topics: law
  2. (medicine, pharmacology) The best-choice medication designed to treat a particular medical problem.
    Sense id: en-drug_of_choice-en-noun-iMjvcsEb Categories (other): Medicine, Pharmacology Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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