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COMBINATION THERAPY

Specialty Definition: COMBINATION THERAPY

DomainDefinition

Health

Association of 3 drugs to treat AIDS (AZT + DDC or DDI + protease inhibitor). (references)

Medicine

The use of two or more types of treatment in combination(for example an anti-viral therapy with an immunotherapy), alternately or together, to achieve optimum results against HIV infection and/or AIDS. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: COMBINATION THERAPY

Specialty definitions using "COMBINATION THERAPY": Estrogen Replacement Therapy. (references)

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Commercial Usage: COMBINATION THERAPY

DomainTitle

Books

  • Bladder cancer : principles of combination therapy (reference)

  • Combination Therapy for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Lung Biology in Health and Disease, V. 145) (reference)

  • Insulin/Sulphonylurea: Combination Therapy in Type II Diabetes/2nd Symposium on Insulin/Sulphonylurea Combination Therapy in Type II Diabetes, Munic (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: COMBINATION THERAPY

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Incidence is decreasing among HIV- infected patients as a result of new treatment modalities e.g., combination therapy with nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors, as well as antimycobacterial prophylaxis. (references)

The benefit of standard warfarin therapy over the combination therapy became apparent to the investigators early in the trial, prompting them to stop the trial in 1996 and recommend standard warfarin therapy, administered under strict medical supervision, for all patients over 75 with AF and additional stroke risk factors. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: COMBINATION THERAPY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

combination therapy

39
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: COMBINATION THERAPY

Language Translations for "COMBINATION THERAPY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

polyvalent (polyvalent). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

polyvalente therapie (polytherapy). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

polyvalenttinen (polytherapy, polyvalent). (various references)

   

French

  

trithérapie (triple combination), polyvalente. (various references)

   

German

  

polyvalente Therapie (polytherapy), Kombinationstherapie (combination drug therapy, triple combination, triple-drug therapy). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πολυδύναμη θεραπεία (polytherapy). (various references)

   

Italian

  

triterapia (triple combination, triple-drug therapy), terapia triplice (triple combination, triple-drug therapy), terapia de combinazione (triple combination, triple-drug therapy), polivalente (multipurpose, polyvalent). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ombinationcay erapythay

   

Spanish

  

triterapia (triple combination, triple-drug therapy), terapia combinada (triple combination, triple-drug therapy), politerapia (polytherapy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: COMBINATION THERAPY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-h-i-i-m-n-n-o-o-p-r-t-t-y"

-4 letters: enantiomorphic.

-5 letters: recombination.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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