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Glossary Item

Human therapeutic use : human therapeutic

Effective 18 July 2017 to 20 June 2019

Preferred Term: Definition - Human therapeutic use

Other Terms:

Definition:

Therapeutic use means use in or in connection with:

(a) preventing, diagnosing, curing or alleviating a disease, ailment, defect or injury in persons; or

(b) influencing, inhibiting or modifying a physiological process in persons; or

(c) testing the susceptibility of persons to a disease or ailment; or

(d) influencing, controlling or preventing conception in persons; or

(e) testing for pregnancy in persons; or

(f) the replacement or modification of parts of the anatomy in persons.