Deintensification

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of something becoming less intense. uncountable, usually

    "Yet a large national study by Dr. Sussman and his colleagues, published last month in JAMA Internal Medicine, reveals how rarely deintensification occurs among patients over age 70."

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"Yet a large national study by Dr. Sussman and his colleagues, published last month in JAMA Internal Medicine, reveals how rarely deintensification occurs among patients over age 70."

Etymology

From de- + intensification.

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