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therapeutic index

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
ther-a-peu-tic in-dex
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ratio of the median toxic dose of a drug to its median effective dose, used to gauge the safety of a particular medication. A low therapeutic index indicates that the drug is easily overdosed.

Inflected Forms

therapeutic indexes (plural) therapeutic indices (plural)

Questions

What does therapeutic index mean?
The ratio of the median toxic dose of a drug to its median effective dose, used to gauge the safety of a particular medication. A low therapeutic index indicates that the drug is easily overdosed.

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