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BODY MASS INDEX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("body mass index" is a kind of...):
index; index number; indicant; indicator (a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time)
Context examples:
The area under the moment curve (AUMC) extrapolated to infinity, calculated using the observed value of the last non-zero concentration, divided by the body mass index.
(AUMC Infinity Observed Normalized by Body Mass Index, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The area under the first moment curve (AUMC) extrapolated to infinity, based on the last observed concentration divided by the body mass index.
(AUMC Infinity Observed Normalized by Body Mass Index, NCI Thesaurus)
The area under the curve (AUC) for the defined interval between doses (TAU) divided by the body mass index.
(AUC Over Dosing Interval Normalized by Body Mass Index, NCI Thesaurus)
The area under the first moment curve (AUMC) extrapolated to infinity, based on the last predicted concentration divided by the body mass index.
(AUMC Infinity Predicted Normalized by Body Mass Index, NCI Thesaurus)
The area under the moment curve (AUMC) extrapolated to infinity, calculated using the predicted value of the last non-zero concentration, divided by the body mass index.
(AUMC Infinity Predicted Normalized by Body Mass Index, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The area under the urinary excretion rate curve (AURC) from time zero to the last measurable rate divided by the body mass index.
(AURC All Normalized by Body Mass Index, NCI Thesaurus)
The area under the first moment curve (AUMC) for the defined interval between doses (TAU) divided by the body mass index.
(AUMC Over Dosing Interval Normalized by Body Mass Index, NCI Thesaurus)
Minutes times grams per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms per meter squared (body mass index).
(Minute Times Gram per Milliliter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Minutes times micrograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms per meter squared (body mass index).
(Minute Times Microgram per Milliliter per Kilogram per Meter Squared, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The percentage of the administered dose that is recovered from the specimen type specified in PPSPEC, over the interval between T1 and T2 divided by body mass index.
(Percent Recovered from T1 to T2 Normalized by Body Mass Index, NCI Thesaurus)
