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wash-out period

the time frame allotted for an administered drug to be eliminated from the body or for a previously administered intervention to become ineffective. Wash-out periods are particularly important in medical and other clinical research because the carryover effect between treatments might otherwise confound the estimates of treatment effects.

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February 11th 2025

balance

balance

1. n. a harmonious relationship or equilibrium of opposing forces or contrasting elements. See autonomic balance; balance theory; homeostasis.

2. n. the sense of equilibrium mediated by the vestibular system of the inner ear.

3. vb. to adjust forces to maintain something at a level from which it would ordinarily deviate.