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DETERMINING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the power or quality of deciding
Example:
the determinative (or determinant) battle
Synonyms:
deciding; determinant; determinative; determining
Classified under:
Similar:
decisive (determining or having the power to determine an outcome)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb determine
Context examples:
Alemtuzumab is an IgG1 kappa with human variable framework and constant regions, and complementarity-determining regions derived from a rat monoclonal antibody.
(Alemtuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)
Describes the role the study plays in determining the interventions a subject receives.
(CDISC SDTM Study Type Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Methods for determining whether a change has taken place, when it has taken place, the confidence level indicating the likelihood that a change occurred, and the confidence interval indicating when the change occurred.
(Change-Point Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)
This measurement is useful in determining gestational age.
(Crown to Rump Length Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
This may be useful in determining the tumor cell response to a particular EGFR kinase inhibitor in individual patients.
(Carbon C 11 Erlotinib Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
The procedure or activity of determining something by mathematical or logical methods.
(Calculation, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a factor in determining if transplants are likely to succeed.
(Allogenicity, NCI Thesaurus)
Testing to determining the function of testes and ovaries, frequently performed as part of a fertility assessment.
(Assessment of Gonadal Function, NCI Thesaurus)
A dye used as an indicator in determining pH.
(Bromthymol Blue, NCI Thesaurus)
This allows doctors to diagnose cancer by determining the number of tumor cells in a patient's blood sample.
(Scientists say new medical diagnostic chip can sort cells anywhere with an inkjet, Wikinews)
