Drug-naive

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug. not-comparable

    "D-Amphetamine improved information processing but had no effect on inhibitory control in drug-naive controls."

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"D-Amphetamine improved information processing but had no effect on inhibitory control in drug-naive controls."

Etymology

From drug + naive.

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