Pill pumpers.A glaring glar·ing adj. 1. Shining intensely and blindingly: the glaring noonday sun. 2. Tastelessly showy or bright; garish. 3. omission omission n. 1) failure to perform an act agreed to, where there is a duty to an individual or the public to act (including omitting to take care) or is required by law. Such an omission may give rise to a lawsuit in the same way as a negligent or improper act. in "Dangerous Practices: Critics see flaws in drug-safety monitoring" (SN: 2/5/05, p. 90) is the obvious impact that direct marketing of prescription medications to the general public, mostly via television, has had in swelling the number of people taking superfluous su·per·flu·ous adj. Being beyond what is required or sufficient. [Middle English, from Old French superflueux, from Latin superfluus, from superfluere, to overflow : medications. STEPHEN J. LEVINE, RIVER EDGE, N.J. |
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