| 单词 | rescue drug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrescue drug rescue drug n. (a) a rescue medication; (b) a drug given to counter the effects of another drug, esp. in cancer chemotherapy. ΚΠ 1976 Rheumatol. & Rehabilit. Suppl. 37 A series of 26 patients with ankylosing spondylitis have been included in a double-blind crossover comparison of ketoprofen 200 mg daily and phenybutazone 300 mg daily..with paracetamol as a ‘rescue drug’. 1979 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 76 6614/1 Thiourea has also shown promise as a rescue drug in mice. 1999 N.Y. Times 19 Oct. f5 (table) People with chronic asthma..need two types of medication: a drug that quells inflammation such as a corticosteroid, and a ‘rescue’ drug to open constricted airways and make breathing easier when attacks do occur. 2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Aug. d3/1 Among its recommendations: that so-called rescue drugs to reverse the effects of sedatives be kept in the operating room. < as lemmas |
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