0 the act of stopping doing or providing something:
He favoured the discontinuation of laboratory studies of dolphins.
With success in eradicating smallpox, there was a discontinuation of immunizations.
1 the end of making, providing, or selling a particular service or product:
The voluntary recall of the pet food involves discontinuation of all retail sales.
The railroad employees are entitled to six years' severance pay if they are laid off because of discontinuation of their route.
We will begin an orderly discontinuation of our existing business.
These included mirror image, neuroleptic discontinuation and controlled trial follow-up studies.
Discontinuation in placebo-controlled trials was significantly more common than in active controlled trials (48.1% versus 28.3%).
Risk of recurrence following discontinuation of lithium treatment in bipolar disorder.
The proportion of household discontinuations by female heads was generally higher than it was for males.
The results are sensitive to the dosing regimen adopted, the discontinuation rate, and assumptions concerning disease progression while on treatment.
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