discontinuation

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ continuation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

discontinuation (countable and uncountable, plural discontinuations)

1. Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.

   Synonym: suspension

   1. (medicine) The process of quitting a course of treatment with a drug.
   2. The act of stopping producing or supplying a product.

Translations

interruption of continuity

• Bulgarian: прекъсване (bg) n (prekǎsvane)
• Polish: zaprzestanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: descontinuação f

quitting a course of treatment with a drug

• Polish: odstawienie n
• Portuguese: descontinuação f

stopping producing or supplying a product

• Portuguese: descontinuação f
• Spanish: descontinuación