dechallenge

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

de- +‎ challenge; see drug challenge.

Verb[edit]

dechallenge (third-person singular simple present dechallenges, present participle dechallenging, simple past and past participle dechallenged)

  1. (medicine, pharmacology) To stop administering a drug to a patient, to see whether its suspected effects cease to occur.

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