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theratype

theratype noun: a pattern of response to one or more treatments within a disease, often associated with distinct biological mechanisms.

Noun

theratype (plural theratypes)

  1. A pattern of response to one or more treatments within a disease, often associated with distinct biological mechanisms.
    • T2Rs are a novel target for asthma, CRS, and AD treatment independent of the inflammatory profile (type 2 or non–type 2) and could be the perfect example of a smart drug design starting from the endotype and theratype and extending through the drug development program. […] In the future, many new...2019 April, Ioana Agache, Cezmi A. Akdis, “Precision medicine and phenotypes, endotypes, genotypes, regiotypes, and theratypes of allergic diseases”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 129...

Forms of theratype

pluraltheratypes

Origin of theratype

Clipping of therapy or therapeutic + -type.

Questions about theratype

What does theratype mean?
Theratype means a pattern of response to one or more treatments within a disease, often associated with distinct biological mechanisms.
What part of speech is theratype?
Theratype is a noun.
What is the plural of theratype?
The plural of theratype is theratypes.

Words near theratype in the dictionary

  1. therapylike
  2. therapyspeak
  3. therasiaite
  4. theratoma
  5. theratomas
  6. theratype
  7. theratypes
  8. Theravada
  9. Theravadan
  10. Theravadans
  11. Theravadas

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