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CUMULATIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increasing by successive addition
Example:
the eventual accumulative effect of these substances
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
additive (characterized or produced by addition)
Derivation:
cumulate (collect or gather)
Context examples:
The cumulative amount recovered from the specimen type, from dosing to end of the current collection interval divided by the weight.
(Amount Recovered Normalized by Weight, NCI Thesaurus)
The cumulative amount recovered from the specimen type, from dosing to end of the current collection interval divided by the surface area.
(Amount Recovered Normalized by Surface Area, NCI Thesaurus)
The cumulative amount recovered from the specimen type, from dosing to end of the current collection interval divided by the body mass index.
(Amount Recovered Normalized by Body Mass Index, NCI Thesaurus)
The cumulative amount recovered from the specimen type, from dosing to end of the current collection interval divided by the dose.
(Amount Recovered Normalized by Dose, NCI Thesaurus)
The cumulative amount recovered from the specimen type specified in PPSPEC between doses (TAU) divided by surface area.
(Amount Recovered Over Dosing Interval Normalized by Surface Area, NCI Thesaurus)
The cumulative amount recovered from the specimen type specified in PPSPEC over the interval from T1 to T2 divided by surface area.
(Amount Recovered from T1 to T2 Normalized by Surface Area, NCI Thesaurus)
As expected, cumulative allergen exposure over the first 3 years of life was associated with allergies and wheezing at age 3, and children with allergy were more likely to have recurrent wheezing.
(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)
A plot of a cumulative dose-volume frequency distribution that graphically summarizes the simulated radiation distribution within a volume of interest of a patient which would result from a proposed radiation treatment plan.
(Dose Volume Histogram, NCI Thesaurus)
The concept does not refer to cumulative drug effect.
(Drug Exposure, NCI Thesaurus)
Cumulative incidence of liver cancer in the group treated with aspirin therapy was significantly lower than that in the untreated group in five years.
(An Aspirin A Day Keep Liver Cancer Away, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
