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ONGOING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Currently happening
Example:
an ongoing economic crisis
Synonyms:
on-going; ongoing
Classified under:
Similar:
current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)
Context examples:
Sometimes chronic pain is due to an ongoing cause, such as cancer or arthritis.
(Pain, NIH)
Because ongoing DNA synthesis is necessary for irinotecan to exert its cytotoxic effects, it is classified as an S-phase-specific agent.
(Irinotecan, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): Medications that are ongoing at the end of the reference period should have a value of "during/after" for this variable.
(Performed Substance Administration Start Relative To Reference Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Clinical features include a sudden cessation of ongoing activity usually without loss of postural tone.
(Petit Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of one or more regions of the heart, without evidence of current or ongoing acute infarction.
(Old Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Ongoing work shows that a reef's health can alter the number and type of microbes in seawater, say the scientists, highlighting the consequences of altering reef habitats.
(Bacteria living near coral reefs change in synchrony across distances, National Science Foundation)
It meets at least three times annually to examine ongoing research, new technologies, issues arising in delivery of care, and problems faced in the Nation's battle against cancer.
(National Cancer Policy Board, NCI Thesaurus)
An individual that lives at a healthcare facility that provides rehabilitative, restorative, and/or ongoing skilled nursing care to patients or residents in need of assistance with activities of daily living.
(Long-term Facility Resident, NCI Thesaurus)
For clinical decision-making, the purposeful and ongoing acquisition, interpretation, and synthesis of patient data obtained from clinical trials.
(Clinical Trials, Monitoring, NCI Thesaurus)
There are ongoing mergers taking place right now, such as between the puny Sagittarius dwarf galaxy and the Milky Way.
(The Gaia Sausage: the major collision that changed the Milky Way, University of Cambridge)
