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intrathecal chemotherapy (medicine) and improve (iou)


intrathecal chemotherapy (medicine)


intrathecal chemotherapy
Treatment with drugs that are injected into the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cort (cerebrospinal fluid).


improve (iou)



improve verb2. Also (earlier) emprove, improw. E16.
[Anglo-Norman emprower, emprouer (in Anglo-Latin appro(w)are, appruare), from Old French em- EM-1, IM-1 + prou profit (from late Latin prode, evolved from Latin prodest is of advantage), later infl. by PROVE verb. Cf. APPROVE verb1.]
I. verb trans.
a. refl. Make a profit for (oneself), avail (oneself) of profitably. E16-M17.
b. Increase the price or value of (esp. land). M16-M18.
c. Turn (land) to profit; cultivate or make more productive or valuable by cultivation. obsolete exc. as passing into sense 4. M17.
d. Invest or lay out (money) profitably. M17-M19.
a. Avail oneself of, utilize, (a person or thing). Now only spec. (US), make use of or occupy (a place). E16.
b. Make good use of, take advantage of, (an occasion, event, etc.); arch. make use of for spiritual edification. M16.
improve the SHINING hour.
Bosworth Smith The Roman army improved the victory of their fleet by..marching to Egesta. E. P. Thompson He..had been improving the time in prison by collecting examples..of Other parodists.
Make greater in amount or degree; increase, develop, intensify. obsolete exc. as passing into sense 4. E16.
Increase the quality or value of; bring into a better or more desirable condition or state; make better; arch. make better or more advantageous by converting into. E17.
H. James The purpose of improving one's mind by foreign Travel. S. J. Perelman Flowers..studied the Harvard Classics, with which he was improving himself. R. Davies Ismay was abroad, staying with a French family to improve her accent. Dumfries Courier Union Members..in search of an improved pay offer.
Lose or cause to disappear in the process of making better or more profitable. Foll. by away, off, etc. L18.
II. verb intrans.
Increase, advance, develop. Now dial. exc. as passing into sense 8. M17.
Foll. by on, upon: make or produce something better than. L17.
J. B. Priestley We all know this England, which at its best cannot be improved upon. G. Greene Ford's apprenticeship with Conrad had borne its fruit, but he had improved on the Master.
Increase in value or excellence; become better. E18.
E. Waugh Some of the characters improve with age, they grow wiser and kinder. B. Pym She began to plan a visit, after the New Year, when the weather improved.