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drug-naive en · ADJ

Etymology

From drug + naive.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug.
   • D-Amphetamine improved information processing but had no effect on inhibitory control in drug-naive controls. 2008, Richard J. Abbott, Michael G. Ritchie, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Speciation in Plants and Animals: Pattern and Process : Papers of a Theme Issue:
   • To address these issues, they recorded electroencephalographic sleep in 20 drug-naive schizophrenic patients, 20 drug-free but previously medicated schizophrenic patients, and 15 normal controls. 1992, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry:

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