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REGRESSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Returning to a former state
Synonyms:
regress; regression; retrogression; retroversion; reversion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("regression" is a kind of...):
reversal (a change from one state to the opposite state)
Derivation:
regress (go back to a previous state)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
Synonyms:
regression; regression toward the mean; simple regression; statistical regression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("regression" is a kind of...):
statistical method; statistical procedure (a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic)
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "regression"):
linear regression; rectilinear regression (the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b)
curvilinear regression (the relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order))
Holonyms ("regression" is a part of...):
regression analysis (the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("regression" is a kind of...):
defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)
Domain category:
psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
Synonyms:
arrested development; fixation; infantile fixation; regression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("regression" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
Context examples:
The team from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have previously shown that the infusion of large numbers of T cells can trigger complete regression of cancer in patients.
(A new study identifies essential genes for cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)
A novel statin that induces plaque regression and elevates HDL-cholesterol levels.
(Pitavastatin, NCI Thesaurus)
Aldesleukin may induce T cell-mediated tumor regression in some tumor types.
(Aldesleukin, NCI Thesaurus)
Altogether, this leads to the inhibition of cell proliferation and tumor growth as well as the induction of tumor regression.
(MEK/Aurora Kinase Inhibitor BI 847325, NCI Thesaurus)
The silencing of DNMT1 translation by MG 98 may result in the prevention or reversal of abnormal methylation of tumor suppressor genes and ultimately in tumor growth inhibition or tumor regression.
(MG 98, NCI Thesaurus)
Strong CD8 T cell responses may be induced after prolonged immunization and have been associated with tumor regression.
(Fowlpox Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Strong CD8 cytotoxic T cell responses may be induced after prolonged immunization with fowlpox virus vaccines and have been associated with tumor regression.
(Fowlpox Virus Vaccine Vector, NCI Thesaurus)
The aim of parametric regression is to find the values of these parameters which provide the best fit to the data.
(Parametric Regression Method, NCI Thesaurus)
A syndrome characterized by flattening or regression of the pituitary gland within the sella turcica cavity, resulting in an MRI image of an empty sella turcica.
(Empty Sella Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Anti-Id vaccines may be effective in the treatment of B-cell lymphomas, resulting in tumor regression.
(Anti-Idiotype Specified Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)
