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- verb To
challenge again. - verb To challenge in return.
- verb medicine, pharmacology To try a
therapeutic pharmaceutical drug , suspectedallergen , or medical treatment on a patient a second or subsequent time, to see if the suspectedeffects of the treatment occur again. This is typically performed to confirm allergic or adverse reactions to allergens or medications, but may also be used to confirm beneficial treatments or to retry a probable beneficial treatment which did not appear to be effective previously. - noun A
challenge made in return. - noun medicine, pharmacology The event of a rechallenge as above.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I rechallenge any lib to a .. (sigh) … (glances at ralph) … Fun Size ™ Debate.
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I rechallenge any lib to a .. (sigh) … (glances at ralph) … Fun Size ™ Debate.
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However, recent gains have been modest, and the metal has yet to rechallenge the record settlement of $1,556.70 an ounce, set May 3.
Gold's Uneasy Calm David Cottle 2011
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The Sweet Misery documentary also includes Dr. H.J. Roberts M.D., a board-certified internist and author of Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic, who does a fine job of explaining, in layman's terms, what aspartame is made of, and how patients have, and can, test their vulnerability to this chemical using cessation and rechallenge.
Dr. Joseph Mercola: The Deadly Neurotoxin Nearly EVERYONE Uses Daily (VIDEO) 2010
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In that sense I want to constantly challenge and rechallenge any presumptions or views I gain.
Jerry Falwell: Romney's Mormonism "Will Not Be A Factor" 2009
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Then, in the “rechallenge” phase of the experiment, the chimps became infected again with the same strain of the virus.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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Stile had to be sure to win this match; he could not rechallenge until the rungs had shifted, and this close to the Tourney there was unlikely to be much shifting.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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Stile had to be sure to win this match; he could not rechallenge until the rungs had shifted, and this close to the Tourney there was unlikely to be much shifting.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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This was his last year of tenure, so he was trying to move into qualifying posi - tion; unfortunately his last challenge to Rung Five had been turned back on a Game of chance, and he could not rechallenge until the rung-order shifted, or until he had successfully answered a challenge to his own Rung.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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This was his last year of tenure, so he was trying to move into qualifying posi - tion; unfortunately his last challenge to Rung Five had been turned back on a Game of chance, and he could not rechallenge until the rung-order shifted, or until he had successfully answered a challenge to his own Rung.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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