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OF AGE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having attained a specific age; ('aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Example:
ten years of age
Synonyms:
aged; of age
Classified under:
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Context examples:
High blood pressure (3/23), reaching 154+/-1.0 (SEM) mmHg at 10 weeks of age (Tanase et al 1982).
(OM, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
A human life stage that begins at six years of age and continues until eleven complete years of age.
(Middle Childhood, NICHD)
They observed a loss of dopamine-containing neurons in areas of the brain consistent with PD beginning around 15 months of age.
(Scientists find a role for Parkinson’s gene in the brain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A series of neurocognitive tests for children from 3 to 16 years of age.
(NEPSY, NCI Thesaurus)
A person between young adult and elderly, approximately 40-60 years of age.
(Middle Adult, NCI Thesaurus)
Treatments stopped at 24 months of age, and most children (340) were followed until age 3.
(Drug Prevents Malaria in High-Risk Region, NIH)
The period between 11 and 15 years of age is particularly important for long-term lung function, as lungs are developing rapidly.
(Cleaner Air Tied to Healthier Lungs in Kids, NIH)
Approximately 75% of cases occur in children under six years of age.
(B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
Many children who are injured during birth improve or recover by 3 to 4 months of age.
(Brachial Plexus Injuries, NIH)
He might have been forty years of age, though hard toil and harder pleasure had left their grim marks upon his features.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
