cotherapy

English

Etymology

From co- +‎ therapy.

Noun

cotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural cotherapies)

1. Two or more simultaneous therapies.
   1. (uncountable) All the components together.

      Near-synonym: polytherapy

      In severe cases, cotherapy with corticosteroids and monoclonal antibodies is indicated.

   2. (countable) Any component among the group, considered individually.

      In severe cases, monoclonal antibodies are added as a cotherapy.

      Coordinate terms: adjunct, adjunctive, adjuvant, neoadjuvant; auxiliary, supplement, booster

See also

• multidrug (adj)
• multimodality (adj)
• multitherapy (adj)

 

Anagrams

• Caythorpe, acrophyte, pothecary