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| Domain | Definition |
Avian | The variation, induced by a substance foreign to the body, in cellular or biochemical components or processes, structures, or functions that is measurable in a biological system or sample (McCarthy et al. 1991:2). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BIOMARKER |
| Specialty definitions using "BIOMARKER": tumor marker. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Promising pilot studies should be followed by a validation phase, during which alternative assays for the biomarker are evaluated in a head-to-head comparison and prognostic/predictive value is studied. (references) | |
Once such a biomarker is discovered and tests are developed to detect the marker in patients, allowing early detection and diagnosis of ALS, physicians will have a valuable tool to help them follow the effects of new therapies and monitor disease progression. (references) | ||
However, researchers are now looking for a biomarker — a biochemical abnormality that all patients with Parkinson's disease might share — that could be picked up by screening techniques or by a simple chemical test given to people who do not have any parkinsonian symptoms. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BIOMARKER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BIOMARKER" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
biomarker coal hydrocarbon | 3 |
biomarker blood cancer pancreatic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BIOMARKER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | biologisk markør (biological marker), biologisk indikator (biological marker). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | biologische merker (biological marker). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | biomarqueur (biological marker), marqueur biologique (biological marker). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | biologischer Marker (biological marker). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | marcatore biologico (biological marker). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | iomarkerbay marcador biológico (biological marker). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BIOMARKER": biomarkers. (additional references) | |
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"BIOMARKER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bilmermeer, Bitomark. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-k-m-o-r-r" | |
-2 letters: armoire, barkier, barmier, brakier. | |
-3 letters: akimbo, barker, barmie, barrio, broker, embark, imbark, kerria, marker, mirker, orbier, remark, remora, roamer. | |
-4 letters: aimer, airer, amber, arbor, armer, armor, baker, barer, barre, biker, biome, borer, brake, break, bream, briar, brier, broke, brome, embar, kebar, korai, maker, mbira, mikra, moira, moire, morae, omber, ombre, ormer, raker, ramie. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-k-m-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: biomarkers. | |
+2 letters: boilermaker. | |
+3 letters: boilermakers. | |
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