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- (in drug therapy) Administration of two or more distinct pharmacological agents to achieve a combination of their individual effects.
Note 1: The combined effect may be additive, synergistic, or designed to reduce side-effects.
Note 2: This term is often used synonymously with that of "drug combination" but is preferred in order to avoid confusion with medications in which different drugs are included in a single formulation. - (in drug testing) Administration of two or more distinct compounds to test simultaneously their individual behaviours (e.g., pharmacological effects in high-throughput screens or drug metabolism).