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SUBSEQUENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Following in time or order

Example:

subsequent developments

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

accompanying; attendant; collateral; concomitant; consequent; ensuant; incidental; resultant; sequent (occurring with or following as a consequence)

later; posterior; ulterior (coming at a subsequent time or stage)

Also:

succeeding (coming after or following)

Antonym:

antecedent (preceding in time or order)

Derivation:

subsequence (following in time)

subsequence (something that follows something else)

subsequentness (following in time)

Credits

 Context examples: 

For several subsequent days I saw little of Mr. Rochester.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Inhibiting fibroblast activation and the subsequent production of growth factors and chemokines may lead to an inhibition of tumor cell proliferation.

(Anti-LOXL2 Monoclonal Antibody GS 6624, NCI Thesaurus)

This results in activation of p90Rsk and the subsequent phosphorylation and inactivation of Myt1, which favors formation of the activated cell cycle complex cyclin B-Cdc2.

(Oocyte Maturation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The completed action of gathering samples that may be used for subsequent analysis.

(Performed Specimen Collection, NCI Thesaurus)

Subsequent; immediately following in time or order.

(Next, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to delayed repolarization and subsequent paralysis of the nervous system.

(Permethrin, NCI Thesaurus)

The identifier of the subsequent trial that the patient is entering.

(Next Trial Identification, NCI Thesaurus)

Subsequent lack of activation of guanylyl cyclase through nitric oxide results in decreased cyclic GMP (cGMP) levels, thereby inhibiting constriction of smooth muscle tissue, and decreased capillary permeability and histamine-activated allergic reactions.

(Pheniramine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

Inhibition of PNP results in accumulation of dGTP and the subsequent failure of DNA synthesis.

(Peldesine, NCI Thesaurus)

Originally disseminated by Detweiler and carried by Furth (1928-1936) and the Rockefeller Institute for subsequent generations.

(AKR/J Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)