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rechallenge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
rechal-lenge
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To challenge again.

verb

To challenge in return.

verb

To try a therapeutic pharmaceutical drug, suspected allergen, or medical treatment on a patient a second or subsequent time, to see if the suspected effects 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

The event of rechallenging as above.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English challenge English rechallenge From re- + challenge.

Inflected Forms

rechallenges (present, singular) rechallenging (participle, present) rechallenged (participle, past) rechallenged (past) rechallenges (plural)

Questions

What does rechallenge mean?
To challenge again.
Where does rechallenge come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English challenge English rechallenge From re- + challenge.

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