Taber's Medical Dictionary
time-dependent
In drug therapy, pert. to an effect determined by how long a drug is present at its site of action. For example, in the treatment of an infectious disease, it refers to how long an antibiotic binds to or blocks the metabolic activities of a bacterium.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Time-dependent." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772289/0/time_dependent.
Time-dependent. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772289/0/time_dependent. Accessed March 30, 2026.
Time-dependent. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772289/0/time_dependent
Time-dependent [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 March 30]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772289/0/time_dependent.
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