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REGIMEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)

Synonyms:

regime; regimen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("regimen" is a kind of...):

plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

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 Context examples: 

This regimen, also referred to as dietary restriction, has numerous health benefits.

(Pathways Underlying the Benefits of Calorie Restriction, NIH)

Also called AC-T regimen and AC-Taxol regimen.

(AC-T, NCI Dictionary)

Also called AC-T and AC-Taxol regimen.

(AC-T regimen, NCI Dictionary)

An attribute used to characterize a change in the agent dose regimen in the context of its relation to the original documented treatment plan.

(Agent Dose Change Type, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called mFOLFOX-6 regimen, modified FOLFOX-6, and modified FOLFOX-6 regimen.

(mFOLFOX-6, NCI Dictionary)

Researchers plan to evaluate both experimental vaccines in people to test a variety of regimens and doses for safety and immune responses.

(DNA vaccines protect monkeys against Zika virus, NIH)

A regimen consisting of doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vindesine, bleomycin and prednisone used to treat aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(ACVBP Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A modified version of the NHL-BFM 90 regimen, employing a different methotrexate dosing schedule, used for the treatment of localized aggressive forms of childhood B-cell lymphoma, including lymphoblastic lymphoma.

(NHL-BFM-95 Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called AC-T-T regimen, AC-TH regimen, and sequential AC/Taxol-Trastuzumab regimen.

(AC-T-T, NCI Dictionary)

Also called AC-T-T, AC-TH regimen, and sequential AC/Taxol-Trastuzumab regimen.

(AC-T-T regimen, NCI Dictionary)