TARDIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tardive mean? 

• TARDIVE (adjective)
  The adjective TARDIVE has 1 sense:

1. late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease)

  Familiarity information: TARDIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARDIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease)

Context example:

tardive dyskinesia

Similar:

late; later (at or toward an end or late period or stage of development)

 Context examples 

This drug is used to treat symptoms of depression and may cause tardive dyskinesia.

(Amoxapine, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale developed by William Guy in 1976 which is used to evaluate the severity of tardive dyskinesia in individuals taking neuroleptic agents.

(Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)