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💊 To adjust dosage ⚗️ To measure concentration
to titrate

to titrate

3 7.5
To find the right drug dose by slowly raising or lowering it until it helps without bad side effects
  • verb
  • /ˈtaɪtreɪt/
  • Specialized
: ajustar la dosis
  • The nurse will titrate the medication dosage to find the right amount for the patient.
  • the dose was titrated
  • titrated up
  • titrated upwards

One client, his blood pressure drops so, so fast that his doctor couldn't titrate his medicine quick enough to keep up with it.

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Examples

  • C. should only be started after aggressive opioid therapy is appropriately titrated for children in sickle cell crisis.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Doses were titrated until the appearance of a euthyroid state, and examinees were observed for at least 30 months.

    Academic text (2016)

  • But this idea about titrating dose is interesting.

    Tim Ferriss

  • One client, his blood pressure drops so, so fast that his doctor couldn't titrate his medicine quick enough to keep up with it.

    Rich Roll

  • Some patients, such as Linda, may be happy to titrate their own diuretics depending on symptoms.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Every second day, the dose was titrated to achieve a 20-25% decrease in resting heart rate.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Therefore, clinicians are completely reliant upon blood pressure measurements in order to make a diagnosis of hypertension, as well as to titrate medications during treatment of hypertension.

    Academic text (2016)

  • To ensure safety, doctors often titrate the dose of the drug based on the patient's response.

  • In the study, participants had their fentanyl dose titrated to manage their pain effectively.

How Careful

to titrate
  • Specialized
3 7.5
to fine-tune
26 4.2
to optimize
69 5.3
to adjust
317 2.7
to change
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

titrate infinitive
titrated past
titrated past participle
titrating present participle
titrates third person singular

Morphology

titrate = titer + titration (semi-transparent) = titr + ate

The medical sense is an extension/metaphor from the lab procedure (gradual adjustment/measurement), so while the morphological formation is the same the meaning has shifted into a different domain.

Etymology

Titrate comes from the French titre and the Latin titulus, words for a 'title' or label and the same root as the English word title. In medicine, to titrate a drug means to change its dose little by little to find the right 'strength' or effect, which is why the word means adjusting the dose carefully.