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drug-naive

drug-naive adjective: lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug.

Adjective

drug-naive (not comparable)

  1. Lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug.
    • D-Amphetamine improved information processing but had no effect on inhibitory control in drug-naive controls.2008, Richard J. Abbott, Michael G. Ritchie, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Speciation in Plants and Animals: Pattern and Process : Papers of a Theme Issue
    • To address these issues, they recorded electroencephalographic sleep in 20 drug-naive schizophrenic patients, 20 drug-free but previously medicated schizophrenic patients, and 15 normal controls.1992, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry

Forms of drug-naive

alternative formdrug naive
alternative formdrug-naïve
alternative formdrug naïve

Origin of drug-naive

From drug + naive.

Questions about drug-naive

What does drug-naive mean?
Drug-naive means lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug.
What part of speech is drug-naive?
Drug-naive is an adjective.

Words near drug-naive in the dictionary

  1. drug-dealer
  2. drug-dealers
  3. drug-fiend
  4. drug-fiends
  5. drug-free
  6. drug-naive
  7. drug-naïve
  8. drug-ridden
  9. drug-runner
  10. drug-runners
  11. drugability

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