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underadherent

underadherent adjective: showing underadherence to a treatment; insufficiently adherent.

Adjective

underadherent (comparative more underadherent, superlative most underadherent)

  1. Showing underadherence to a treatment; insufficiently adherent.
    • Although half of adult outpatients receiving antipsychotic monotherapy in the CTVHCS were adherent to their treatment regimens, a large proportion were underadherent, and a small proportion had medication oversupply.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

Forms of underadherent

comparativemore underadherent
superlativemost underadherent

Origin of underadherent

From under- + adherent.

Questions about underadherent

What does underadherent mean?
Underadherent means showing underadherence to a treatment; insufficiently adherent.
What part of speech is underadherent?
Underadherent is an adjective.

Words near underadherent in the dictionary

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

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