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drug-naive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.72 in modern English

Syllables
drug--naive
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From drug + naive.

Inflected Forms

drug naive (alternative) drug-naïve (alternative) drug naïve (alternative)

Questions

What does drug-naive mean?
Lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug.
Where does drug-naive come from?
From drug + naive.

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