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pseudotolerance

pseudotolerance noun: a patient's requirement for an increased dose of a drug for reasons other than the patient's body having come to tolerate the existing dose.

Noun

pseudotolerance (uncountable)

  1. A patient's requirement for an increased dose of a drug for reasons other than the patient's body having come to tolerate the existing dose.

Origin of pseudotolerance

From pseudo- + tolerance.

Questions about pseudotolerance

What does pseudotolerance mean?
Pseudotolerance means a patient's requirement for an increased dose of a drug for reasons other than the patient's body having come to tolerate the existing dose.
What part of speech is pseudotolerance?
Pseudotolerance is a noun.

Words near pseudotolerance in the dictionary

  1. pseudothumbs
  2. pseudotime
  3. pseudotimes
  4. pseudotirolitid
  5. pseudotirolitids
  6. pseudotolerance
  7. pseudotolerant
  8. pseudotooth
  9. pseudotopaz
  10. pseudotorticollis
  11. pseudotrabecular

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