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target-controlled infusion

noun

C2CEFR level
93/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A computer-controlled delivery system that adjusts infusion rates to reach and hold a chosen drug concentration in the blood or brain.

I ran the propofol as a target-controlled infusion, aiming for an effect-site concentration of three micrograms per millilitre.

Similar: TCI

Topic: Anaesthesia in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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