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intrapatient

intrapatient adjective: within a single medical patient, usually over time, rather than between patients.

Adjective

intrapatient (not comparable)

  1. Within a single medical patient, usually over time, rather than between patients.
    • Intrapatient dose escalation is chosen as an example of innovative dosing strategies because it is precisely the proscription of individualized (i.e., within-patient) dose adjustments that most clearly demonstrated to my patients how research interests trump their medical interests.2001, Matthew Miller, “Phase I Oncology Trials”, chapter 10-13 of Robert J. Amdur and Elizabeth A. Bankert (editors), Institutional Review Board: Management and Function, Jones & Bartlett Publishers...

Antonyms of intrapatient

Origin of intrapatient

From intra- + patient.

Questions about intrapatient

What does intrapatient mean?
Intrapatient means within a single medical patient, usually over time, rather than between patients.
What part of speech is intrapatient?
Intrapatient is an adjective.

Words near intrapatient in the dictionary

  1. intraparty
  2. intrapatch
  3. intrapatellar
  4. intrapathovar
  5. intrapathway
  6. intrapatient
  7. intrapause
  8. intrapedal
  9. intrapedicular
  10. intrapeduncular
  11. intrapelvic

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