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therapeutic duplication

noun/θɛrəˈpjuːtɪk djuːplɪˈkeɪʃən/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The unintended prescribing of two or more medicines from the same class or with the same action, increasing the risk of adverse effects.

The screen flagged a therapeutic duplication because the patient was on both ramipril and lisinopril from two different clinics.

Similar: duplicate therapy

Topic: Pharmacy practice 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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