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dechallenge

dechallenge verb: to stop administering a drug to a patient, to see whether its suspected effects cease to occur.

Verb

dechallenge (third-person singular simple present dechallenges, present participle dechallenging, simple past and past participle dechallenged)

  1. To stop administering a drug to a patient, to see whether its suspected effects cease to occur.

Forms of dechallenge

third-person singular presentdechallenges
present participledechallenging
past participledechallenged
pastdechallenged

Origin of dechallenge

From de- + challenge; see drug challenge.

Questions about dechallenge

What does dechallenge mean?
Dechallenge means to stop administering a drug to a patient, to see whether its suspected effects cease to occur.
What part of speech is dechallenge?
Dechallenge is a verb.
What is the past tense of dechallenge?
The past tense of dechallenge is dechallenged.

Words near dechallenge in the dictionary

  1. decessions
  2. decessive
  3. decessives
  4. decet
  5. decets
  6. dechallenge
  7. dechallenged
  8. dechallenges
  9. dechallenging
  10. dechanneling
  11. decharge

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