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REGIMEN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
(medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("regimen" is a kind of...):
plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Context examples:
This regimen, also referred to as dietary restriction, has numerous health benefits.
(Pathways Underlying the Benefits of Calorie Restriction, NIH)
Also called AC-T regimen and AC-Taxol regimen.
(AC-T, NCI Dictionary)
Also called AC-T and AC-Taxol regimen.
(AC-T regimen, NCI Dictionary)
An attribute used to characterize a change in the agent dose regimen in the context of its relation to the original documented treatment plan.
(Agent Dose Change Type, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called mFOLFOX-6 regimen, modified FOLFOX-6, and modified FOLFOX-6 regimen.
(mFOLFOX-6, NCI Dictionary)
Researchers plan to evaluate both experimental vaccines in people to test a variety of regimens and doses for safety and immune responses.
(DNA vaccines protect monkeys against Zika virus, NIH)
A regimen consisting of doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vindesine, bleomycin and prednisone used to treat aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(ACVBP Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A modified version of the NHL-BFM 90 regimen, employing a different methotrexate dosing schedule, used for the treatment of localized aggressive forms of childhood B-cell lymphoma, including lymphoblastic lymphoma.
(NHL-BFM-95 Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called AC-T-T regimen, AC-TH regimen, and sequential AC/Taxol-Trastuzumab regimen.
(AC-T-T, NCI Dictionary)
Also called AC-T-T, AC-TH regimen, and sequential AC/Taxol-Trastuzumab regimen.
(AC-T-T regimen, NCI Dictionary)