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precision medicine

precision medicine noun: a medical model that proposes the customization of healthcare, with medical decisions, practices, or products being tailored to the individual patient.

Noun

precision medicine (uncountable)

  1. A medical model that proposes the customization of healthcare, with medical decisions, practices, or products being tailored to the individual patient.
    • The move marks a big step towards “precision medicine”, which offers more efficient therapies that are tailored to individual patients.2018 July 3, Ian Sample, “Routine DNA tests will put NHS at the 'forefront of medicine'”, in The Guardian

Synonyms of precision medicine

Questions about precision medicine

What does precision medicine mean?
Precision medicine means a medical model that proposes the customization of healthcare, with medical decisions, practices, or products being tailored to the individual patient.
What part of speech is precision medicine?
Precision medicine is a noun.

Words near precision medicine in the dictionary

  1. precision approaches
  2. precision dice
  3. precision die
  4. precision F-strike
  5. precision F-strikes
  6. precision medicine
  7. precisional
  8. precisionally
  9. precisionise
  10. precisionised
  11. precisionises

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