precision medicine

noun

A medical model that proposes the customization of healthcare, with medical decisions, practices, or products being tailored to the individual patient.

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personalized medicine
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Meanings

nounprecision medicine (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA medical model that proposes the customization of healthcare, with medical decisions, practices, or products being tailored to the individual patient.

    The move marks a big step towards “precision medicine”, which offers more efficient therapies that are tailored to individual patients.

    2018 July 3, Ian Sample, “Routine DNA tests will put NHS at the 'forefront of medicine'”, in The Guardian

    Synonyms: personalized medicine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA medical model that proposes the customization of healthcare, with medical decisions, practices, or products being tailored to the individual patient.

Similar
personalized medicine
Also see
personalized medicine
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