English
Pharmageddon
Blend of pharmaceutical + Armageddon.
A compound of pharmaceutical + Armageddon
Ancient Greek φαρμακεύω ‘to administer a drug or medicine’
Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός ‘of or by means of drugs or pharmacy’
Latin pharmaceuticus ‘of drugs’
English pharmaceutical
Ancient Greek Ἁρμαγεδών
Late Latin Harmagedōn ‘Armageddon, the site of the final battle in…’
Old English Ermagedon
Middle English Hermagedon
English Armageddon
Today it means
name A dystopian scenario wherein medicine and the pharmaceuticals industry have a net detrimental effect on human health and medical progress does more harm than good.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Pharmageddon