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polytherapy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
poly-ther-a-py
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of several therapies to treat a single condition, such as multiple drugs or multiple modalities.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From poly- + therapy.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

polytherapies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

multitherapy polytherapeutic multidrug multimodality

Synonyms

cotherapy

Questions

What does polytherapy mean?
The use of several therapies to treat a single condition, such as multiple drugs or multiple modalities.
Where does polytherapy come from?
From poly- + therapy.

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