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action of increased intensity, as may be evidenced after administration of several doses of a drug due to the accumulation of the drug in the body so that the biological effect is greater than after the first dose. Called also cumulative effect.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Cumulative action — Cumulative Cu mu*la*tive (k? m? l? t?v), a. [Cf. F. cumulatif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original. Bacon [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cumulative action — noun (medicine) (of a drug) toxic effects produced when repeated doses are taken and the body has had insufficient time to break down or excrete each dose • • • Main Entry: ↑cumulate … Useful english dictionary
cumulative action — the toxic effects of a drug produced by repeated administration of small doses at intervals that are not long enough for it to be either broken down or excreted by the body … The new mediacal dictionary
Cumulative — Cu mu*la*tive (k? m? l? t?v), a. [Cf. F. cumulatif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original. Bacon [1913 Webster] 2. Augmenting,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cumulative poison — Cumulative Cu mu*la*tive (k? m? l? t?v), a. [Cf. F. cumulatif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original. Bacon [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cumulative system of voting — Cumulative Cu mu*la*tive (k? m? l? t?v), a. [Cf. F. cumulatif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original. Bacon [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cumulative vote — Cumulative Cu mu*la*tive (k? m? l? t?v), a. [Cf. F. cumulatif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original. Bacon [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cumulative tale — This Is the House That Jack Built In a cumulative tale, sometimes also called a chain tale, action or dialogue repeats and builds up in some way as the tale progresses. With only the sparest of plots, these tales often depend upon repetition and… … Wikipedia
cumulative — cumulative, accumulative, additive, summative are comparable when meaning increasing or produced by the addition of like or assimilable things. Something is cumulative which is constantly increasing or is capable of constant increase (as in size … New Dictionary of Synonyms
chemical agent cumulative action — The building up, within the human body, of small ineffective doses of certain chemical agents to a point where eventual effect is similar to one large dose … Military dictionary
