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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Established by authority; given authoritative approval
Example:
a list of approved candidates
Synonyms:
approved; sanctioned
Classified under:
Similar:
authorised; authorized (endowed with authority)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb approve
Context examples:
Benfluorex was never approved for use in the United States and was withdrawn in the European Union because of an increased risk of pulmonary hypertension and valvular disease.
(Benfluorex, NCI Thesaurus)
The scientists carefully selected clinically approved drugs that work synergistically.
(Antibiotic Combinations May Combat MRSA Infections, NIH)
A new landmark clinical trial show that the drug Canagliflozin, approved to lower blood sugar levels in people with diabetes, led to an approximately one-third reduction in ESKD and death from renal causes.
(Managing diabetes key to lowering kidney disease, SciDev.Net)
Known as Sativex out of Brazil, Mevatyl has been approved in 28 countries, including the United States, Canada, Germany, and Denmark.
(Brazil grants registration for first cannabis-based drug, Agência Brasil)
Ethyl pyruvate, which has a fruity smell and is approved as a flavor agent in food, blocked attraction of mosquitoes to a human hand.
(How mosquitoes detect people, NIH)
The NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) researchers first studied the effects of single approved drugs and investigative compounds on DIPG cell models grown in the laboratory from patient cells.
(Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers, National Institutes of Health)
There are no approved drugs for the disease, but prompt diagnosis and aggressive supportive care can improve survival.
(Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, NIH)
In the current study, specialists wanted to see if drugs already approved for other uses were able to stimulate OPCs to increase myelination.
(Drugs that activate brain stem cells may reverse multiple sclerosis, NIH)
The research team then treated esophageal tissue samples with alpha-1 anti-trypsin, or A1AT, a drug approved to treat an inherited form of emphysema.
(Eosinophilic esophagitis may be due to missing protein, National Institutes of Health)
In order to be approved, the South Atlantic sanctuary needs 75% of the vote from member countries of the International Whaling Commission.
(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)
