"discontinuation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: discontinuations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From dis- + continuation. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|continuation}} dis- + continuation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} discontinuation (countable and uncountable, plural discontinuations)
  1. Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.
    (medicine) The process of quitting a course of treatment with a drug.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: suspension Translations (quitting a course of treatment with a drug): odstawienie [neuter] (Polish), descontinuação [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-discontinuation-en-noun-szfox7ZF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dis-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'quitting a course of treatment with a drug': 96 4
  2. Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.
    The act of stopping producing or supplying a product.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: suspension Translations (stopping producing or supplying a product): descontinuação [feminine] (Portuguese), descontinuación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-discontinuation-en-noun-~ooxqo4C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dis-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'stopping producing or supplying a product': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: prediscontinuation Translations (interruption of continuity): прекъсване (prekǎsvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), zaprzestanie [neuter] (Polish), descontinuação [feminine] (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'interruption of continuity': 50 50

Inflected forms

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