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combination therapy

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combination therapy
n.
Method of treating disease through the simultaneous use of a variety of drugs to eliminate or control the biochemical cause of the disease.
combination therapy
Pharmacology Cocktail therapy The use of multiple agents to treat a clinical condition–eg, cancer, AIDS Reproductive medicine The use of estrogen and progestin as an OC. Cf Chemotherapy, Combined modality therapy, Polypharmacy.


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