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deprescribing

deprescribing is the present participle and gerund of deprescribe.

Meaning of deprescribe

Verb

deprescribe (third-person singular simple present deprescribes, present participle deprescribing, simple past and past participle deprescribed)

  1. (transitive) To cease to prescribe (a medicine); to encourage or help someone stop taking a prescription medication.
    • Estimates of effect size direction, while not attributable to a specific intervention or intervention type, were mixed with 47 % of trials being positive, 41 % negative, and 12 % undetermined, suggesting a lack of clarity regarding how to best deprescribe benzodiazepines and Z-drugs.2015 July 4, André S. Pollmann et al., “Deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in community-dwelling adults: a scoping review”, in BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology, volume 16, →DOI

Questions about deprescribing

What is deprescribing the present participle and gerund of?
Deprescribing is the present participle and gerund of deprescribe.

Words near deprescribing in the dictionary

  1. depreotide
  2. deprepositional
  3. deprescribe
  4. deprescribed
  5. deprescribes
  6. deprescribing
  7. deprescription
  8. depreservation
  9. depresh
  10. depress
  11. depress the pole

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