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underadherence

underadherence noun: insufficient adherence to a treatment.

Noun

underadherence (uncountable)

  1. Insufficient adherence to a treatment.
    • Because of the substantial personal, social, and economic consequences of patients’ underadherence to medication regimens, the prevalence and impact of underadherence to antipsychotic regimens have been studied extensively.2007 June, Min Yang, Jamie C. Barner, Jason Worchel, “Factors Related to Antipsychotic Oversupply Among Central Texas Veterans”, in Clinical Therapeutics, volume 29, number 6, →DOI, page 1214

Origin of underadherence

From under- + adherence.

Questions about underadherence

What does underadherence mean?
Underadherence means insufficient adherence to a treatment.
What part of speech is underadherence?
Underadherence is a noun.

Words near underadherence in the dictionary

  1. underacylation
  2. underadditive
  3. underadditively
  4. underadditivity
  5. underadduction
  6. underadherence
  7. underadherent
  8. underadjust
  9. underadjusted
  10. underadjustment
  11. underadjustments

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