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ENVIRONMENTAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment

Example:

environmental pollution

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

ecology (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings

Example:

environmental factors

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

environment (the totality of surrounding conditions)

Derivation:

environment (the totality of surrounding conditions)

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 Context examples: 

Generally done in the population with higher risk, due to environmental or genetic factors.

(Breast Cancer Screening, NCI Thesaurus)

Any factor such as (age, ethnicity, genetic factor, family history, over-exposure to estrogen, environmental factors) which increase a person's chance of developing breast cancer.

(Breast Cancer Risk Factor, NCI Thesaurus)

Environmental or molecular epidemiology of human breast cancer.

(Breast Cancer Epidemiology, NCI Thesaurus)

Epidemiology studies to identify and evaluate environmental and workplace exposures that may be associated with disease risk.

(Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology, NCI Thesaurus)

It had major environmental and economic effects.

(Oil Spills, NIH)

This allele, which encodes aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator 2 protein, plays a role in the regulation of the transcriptional responses to both xenobiotic chemicals and environmental stimuli.

(ARNT2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants that are formed in the process of incomplete burning of organic material and can cause cancer in humans.

(Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)

There may also be environmental factors.

(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

Testing the device for problems that result from external forces including fluids, other objects, or environmental or physiologic influences.

(Device Mechanical Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

There are a variety of causes, including genetic, environmental, psychological, and biochemical factors.

(Depression, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)