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postlicensure

adj

Etymology

From post- + licensure.

Definitions

  1. Occurring after licensure.

    • Rates within the vaccinated population can be compared to rates in a control group in prelicensure studies or to rates of events outside the specified time window in postlicensure evaluations.
    • Because of concerns about intussusception identified in prelicensure trials, VAERS data were analyzed early in the postlicensure period.
    • The well-known limitations associated with prelicensure trials have led to the expectation that postlicensure studies would address safety issues better.

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No curated loop yet for postlicensure. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA