precision medicine
nounUK /prɪˈsɪʒ.ən ˈmed.ɪ.sən/
US /prɪˈsɪʒ.ən ˈmed.ɪ.sən/
Precision medicine is a way of treating sick people with medicine made just for them.
Doctors use precision medicine to pick the best treatment for each patient.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A medical approach that uses a person's genes and lifestyle to choose care.
Precision medicine helped the doctors find the right drug for her cancer.
3. The practice of matching treatments to the specific traits of a disease.
The hospital opened a precision medicine lab to study rare illnesses.
4. A field of health science that combines data and biology for better outcomes.
She studies precision medicine to make medicines safer for children.