The treatment of an illness or disorder by administering a drug at a time of day believed to be in harmony with the body's natural rhythms.
时间疗法,节律疗法(在与人体自然节律协调一致的时间用药的疗法)
Example sentencesExamples
Still, when observing how ancient Chinese medicine understood chronotherapy, one cannot help but be impressed by the similarities with the discoveries of modern research.
This study would form the basis for cancer chronotherapy, which aims in drug administration at appropriate timing according to the circadian rhythms of cancer cell susceptibility which will avoid adverse effects of chemotherapy.
Western medicine uses the understanding of chronotherapy to treat illness more effectively.
Other illnesses that may benefit from chronotherapy include hay fever, which is worst in the morning.
Chapter 6 deals with circadian rhythm and chronotherapy of asthma medications.
Definition of chronotherapy in US English:
chronotherapy
noun
Treatment of an illness or disorder that takes into account the body's natural rhythms and cycles.
Example sentencesExamples
Western medicine uses the understanding of chronotherapy to treat illness more effectively.
This study would form the basis for cancer chronotherapy, which aims in drug administration at appropriate timing according to the circadian rhythms of cancer cell susceptibility which will avoid adverse effects of chemotherapy.
Still, when observing how ancient Chinese medicine understood chronotherapy, one cannot help but be impressed by the similarities with the discoveries of modern research.
Other illnesses that may benefit from chronotherapy include hay fever, which is worst in the morning.
Chapter 6 deals with circadian rhythm and chronotherapy of asthma medications.