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MEDIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("median" is a kind of...):
average; norm (a statistic describing the location of a distribution)
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
Derivation:
median (relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
Synonyms:
medial; median
Classified under:
Similar:
central (in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dividing an animal into right and left halves
Synonyms:
medial; median
Classified under:
Similar:
mesial (being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
Example:
the median income for the year was $15,000
Synonyms:
average; median
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
normal (conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal)
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
Derivation:
median (the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items)
Context examples:
It has a high remission rate with a median survival of approximately 60 months.
(B Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
Impairment of sensation in the distribution of the median nerve and thenar muscle atrophy may occur.
(Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The researchers also found that measuring ctDNA enabled the detection of cancer recurrence a median of 3.4 months before clinical evidence of disease.
(Circulating tumor DNA in blood can predict recurrence of the most common type of lymphoma, NIH)
Mice treated with ASO1 did not show clinical signs of disease for a median 250 days, or 82% longer than untreated mice (137 days), and they lived 81% longer than untreated mice (259 days versus 143 days).
(Experimental treatment slows prion disease, extends life of mice, National Institutes of Health)
Participants were followed for a median of 11 years.
(Physical activity associated with lower risk of many cancers, NIH)
However, the median number of trigger pulls among children who saw the movie containing guns was 2.8 trigger pulls compared with 0.01 trigger pulls among children who saw the movie not containing guns.
(Better Not to Show Kids Movies with Guns, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The researchers also found that ctDNA monitoring could detect cancer recurrence a median of 3.5 months before clinical evidence of disease.
(Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma Progression, NIH)
Median survival 113 weeks in males, 108 weeks in females.
(ACI, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients with this variant of CLL/SLL have a favorable prognosis, with a reported median survival of more than 24 years. — 2004
(Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma with Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Variable-Region Gene Somatic Hypermutation, NCI Thesaurus)
Entrapment of the median nerve in the wrist that is characterized by numbness, tingling and painful movement.
(Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
