| 单词 | lifestyle drug |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslifestyle drug lifestyle drug n. a drug prescribed to treat a condition that is not necessarily serious or life-threatening but that has a significant impact on the quality of life. ΚΠ 1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 29 Dec. b5 Among other topics already covered: ‘America in the '80s’ (politics, economy, diplomacy) and ‘Psychologists Face the Society of the '80s’ (everything from the impact of ‘life style’ drugs to coping with life crises in an unsettled world). 1999 Internat. Herald Tribune (Neuilly-sur-Seine) (Nexis) 5 Jan. 16 Many of the hot new remedies last year, notably Viagra and Detrol, a..pill for incontinence, were so-called lifestyle drugs, designed to relieve afflictions that damage self-esteem. 2002 R. Porter Blood & Guts iv. 96 Launched in 1959, the Pill was the first ever fully effective contraceptive, and it pointed to a new era of lifestyle drugs: ones designed not to counter sickness but to improve living itself. Viagra (1998) for treating male impotence is another. < as lemmas |
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