duration of untreated illness

the length of time that an illness is present before drug treatment or other forms of therapy are initiated. Such periods are studied to determine the effect, for example, of untreated schizophrenia on symptom severity and the likelihood that specific treatments will be effective.

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May 8th 2024

ontogeny

n. the biological origin and development of an individual organism from fertilization of the egg cell until death. Also called ontogenesis. Compare phylogeny. See also recapitulation theory. —ontogenetic adj.