- therapeutic ratio
- the fraction of the minimal lethal dose of a drug that is therapeutically effective; called also curative r.
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therapeutic index — Pharm. the ratio between the dosage of a drug that causes a lethal effect and the dosage that causes a therapeutic effect. Also called margin of safety. [1925 30] * * * … Universalium
therapeutic index — the ratio of a dose of a therapeutic agent that produces damage to normal cells to the dose that is necessary to have a defined level of anticancer activity. It indicates the relative efficacy of a treatment against tumours … The new mediacal dictionary
therapeutic index — ther′apeu′tic in′dex n. pha the ratio between the dosage of a drug that causes a lethal effect and the dosage that causes a therapeutic effect • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
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therapeutic index — noun Date: 1926 a measure of the relative desirability of a drug for the attaining of a particular medical end that is usually expressed as the ratio of the largest dose producing no toxic symptoms to the smallest dose routinely producing cures … New Collegiate Dictionary
curative ratio — therapeutic r … Medical dictionary
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio — The incremental cost effectiveness ratio of an intervention in health care is a term used in cost effectiveness analysis in pharmacoeconomics. It is defined as the ratio of the change in costs of a therapeutic intervention (compared to the… … Wikipedia
