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underadherent en · ADJ

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Etymology

From under- + adherent.

Meanings

1. (of a person) Showing underadherence to a treatment; insufficiently adherent.
   • Although half of adult outpatients receiving antipsychotic monotherapy in the CTVHCS were adherent to their treatment regimens, a large proportion were underadherent, and a small proportion had medication oversupply. 2007 June, Min Yang, Jamie C. Barner, Jason Worchel, “Factors Related to Antipsychotic Oversupply Among Central Texas Veterans”, in Clinical Therapeutics, volume 29, number 6, →DOI, page 1214:

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