chron·o·ther·a·py (kr n  -th r  -p , krn-)n. 1. Medical treatment administered according to a schedule that corresponds to a person's daily, monthly, seasonal, or yearly biological clock. 2. Treatment of a sleep disorder by altering an individual's sleeping and waking times and resetting his or her biological clock. |
chronotherapy
Any therapy based on the timing of physiologic and pathologic event. See Bright light therapy, Chronobiology, Circadian rhythm, Seasonal affective disorder Oncology The adminstration of chemotherapy doses synchronized to the
body's circadian rhythm; CT may ↑ allowable doses of chemotherapeutics, ↓ tumor burden, and chemotherapy-related side effects.
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