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discontinuation

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cessation; a discontinuance.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Breach or interruption of continuity; disruption of parts; separation of parts which form a connected series.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)

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Examples

  • Side effects included pancreatitis and shingles that resulted in discontinuation of 5-acetylsalicylic acid, leukopenia corrected by withholding 6-mercaptopurine and self-resolved hepatitis.

    IBD clinical studies: drug comparisons 2010

  • It resolved pretty easily, again, either by very short-term discontinuation and then re-initiation of treatment perhaps at a lower dose, or just lowering the dose and continuing to treat.

    ARIAD Pharmaceuticals CEO Discusses Q3 2010 - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha 2010

  • Overstocked major retailers are discounting so deeply that smaller, less nimble stores may not survive, financial backers are beating a retreat, and barely a day goes by without the news of store closures, label discontinuation, or outright bankruptcy.

    Jezebel 2009

  • Overstocked major retailers are discounting so deeply that smaller, less nimble stores may not survive, financial backers are beating a retreat, and barely a day goes by without the news of store closures, label discontinuation, or outright bankruptcy.

    Jezebel 2009

  • Researchers say patients should be considered on a case-by-case basis, but at least in patients where bleeding concerns do not outweigh those for stent thrombosis, short-term discontinuation of thienopyridine therapy "may be relatively safe."

    theHeart.org 2009

  • The third phase is called discontinuation, that macotherapy has been execution, which is the sub - is, when the treatment ceases - whether because ject of this chapter.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows martins0105 2009

  • It proposes the "discontinuation" of all Unitra's programmes outside of the medical school.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • you weren't even there. wee favour, i'm trying hard to try and pin mark thomas down and chat about the direction of the arms control movement. after the 'discontinuation' of BAE's Virgin Island slush-fund operations, I think I've had it, I really have!

    Last night's carol service and SOCPA demo Rachel 2006

  • Lilly's pipeline setbacks have included the discontinuation of studies of an experimental Alzheimer's disease drug, and a delay in regulatory approval for diabetes drug Bydureon, which Lilly has co-developed with Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Alkermes Inc.

    Eli Lilly Profit Jumps 28% on Better Revenue, Margins Peter Loftus 2011

  • Additionally, FDA officials decided the drug must carry a warning on its label stating, "An increased rate of stroke was observed following Xarelto discontinuation in clinical trials" in patients with the faulty heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation.

    FDA Approves Anticlotting Drug Thomas M. Burton 2011

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