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DISCONTINUED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stopped permanently or temporarily
Example:
a discontinued conversation
Classified under:
Similar:
interrupted (discontinued temporarily)
out of print ((of books) no longer offered for sale by a publisher)
Antonym:
continued (without stop or interruption)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb discontinue
Context examples:
In Phase II trials canosimibe reduced LDL cholesterol levels, but it did not demonstrate the desired efficacy in a Phase III study, and was discontinued.
(Canosimibe, NCI Thesaurus)
Acrisorcin is comprised of two active ingredients, 9-aminoacridine and 4-hexylresorcinol, but its clinical use has been discontinued.
(Acrisorcin, NCI Thesaurus)
A discontinued (U.S.) brand name combination product containing Prochlorperazine Maleate and Isopropamide Iodide that was used as an antiemetic agent.
(Combid, NCI Thesaurus)
Research was discontinued due to difficulties in assaying the effects of avasimibe on preventing plaque formation and due to its ability to increase the activity of Cytochrome P450 3A4, thus increasing the removal of other drugs from the body.
(Avasimibe, NCI Thesaurus)
One year later, more participants on 300-mg peanut OIT (37%) passed the challenge than those on placebo OIT (13%), confirming insights from smaller trials that desensitization is maintained in only a minority of participants after OIT is discontinued or reduced.
(Few people with peanut allergy tolerate peanut after stopping oral immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)
