combination therapy

noun

medical

: the use of more than one method and especially more than one drug to treat a disease

Examples of combination therapy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Half a decade out, the combination therapy had cut the risk of recurrence or death by 49% and the risk of the cancer spreading to distant organs by 59%. — Jeff Coller, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026

Trials will test both drugs alone and as part of combination therapy. — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

The combination therapy is currently being evaluated in a phase 3 study — the final confirmation stage. — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026

In addition, 92% of patients who received the combination therapy were alive at the five-year mark, compared with 71% of those who only used Keytruda. — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 1 June 2026

Rhymes for combination therapy

• brachytherapy
• chemotherapy
• cryotherapy
• hydrotherapy
• hypnotherapy
• monotherapy
• phototherapy
• psychotherapy
• sclerotherapy
• immunotherapy
• pharmacotherapy
• physiotherapy

Medical Definition

combination therapy

noun

: the use of two or more therapies and especially drugs to treat a disease or condition

a combination therapy for asthma using a beta-agonist and corticosteroid

Although S. pneumoniae remains the most common cause of severe community-acquired pneumonia requiring ICU admission, combination therapy consisting of a cephalosporin with either a fluoroquinolone or a macrolide is recommended.

—Richard G. Wunderink and Grant W. Waterer, The New England Journal of Medicine