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Definitions: Segmental |
SegmentalAdjective1. (linguistics) divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds. 2. (zoology) having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Describing or pertaining to a structure which is repeated in similar form in successive segments of an organism, or which is undergoing segmentation. (references) |
Medicine | Discribing or pertaining to a structure which is repeated in similar form in successive segments of an organism, or which is undergoing segmentation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SegmentalSynonyms: metameric (adj), segmented (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Segmental |
| English words defined with "segmental": Nephridium ♦ Segmental duct, Segmental organs, Segmental tubes, Skew back, Surbased. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "segmental": AIDS-Associated Nephropathy ♦ breast-conserving surgery ♦ glomerulosclerosis, Glomerulosclerosis, Focal ♦ Mastectomy, Segmental ♦ resilient couplings ♦ segmental arch, segmental chip, segmental conductor, segmental cut-water, segmental cystectomy, segmental mastectomy, segmental reflex, segmental reporting, segmental rim motor, segmental vibration, Spinal Nerve Roots. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Segmental" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (segmental). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | Five illustrations showing the methods of surgical treatment that may be used: lumpectomy; modified radical mastectomy; partial mastectomy (also called segmental mastectomy), radical mastectomy (also called Halsted radical mastectomy), and total (simple) mastectomy. These illustrations appeared in "What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer." See artwork WYTK-05.Credit: Jeanne Kelly (Artist). |  | This is a graphic illustration of surgery of a segmental mastectomy, or lumpectomy, where the tumor and a wedge of the breast is removed.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
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Health | A dystonia that begins in adulthood is more likely to remain as a focal or segmental dystonia. (references) | |
Focal and segmental limb dystonias consist of involuntary, inappropriate spasms of limited numbers of distal limb muscles. (references) | ||
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) describes scarring in scattered regions of the kidney, typically limited to one part of the glomerulus and to a minority of glomeruli in the affected region. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Segmental" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.20% of the time. "Segmental" is used about 111 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.2% | 109 | 31,132 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.8% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 111 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "segmental": segmental arch ♦ segmental chip ♦ segmental conductor ♦ segmental cystectomy ♦ segmental duct ♦ segmental mastectomy ♦ segmental organs ♦ segmental reflex ♦ segmental reporting ♦ segmental rim motor ♦ segmental tubes ♦ segmental vibration. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "segmental": segmental-arched, segmental-type. | |
Ending with "segmental": non-segmental, supra-segmental. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "segmental"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 分装式. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | segmentaer, segment-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | segmentvormige pijlerkop (segmental cut-water), segmentschuif (sector sluice, sector valve, segmental sluice, segmental valve, taintor valve), segmentdiagnose (segmental diagnosis), segmentboog (segmental arch), segmentatiespaan (discontinuous chip, segmental chip), segmentaire trilling (regional vibration, segmental vibration), verslaglegging naar sectoren (reporting by segments, segmental reporting), tubing-tunnelsegment (segmental lining), rotor met samengestelde velg (segmental rim motor), rami bronchiales (lobar and segmental bronchi), plaatselijk aangrijpende trilling (regional vibration, segmental vibration), categorische verslaglegging (reporting by segments, segmental reporting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | segmenttiroottori (segmental rim motor), segmentteihin jaettu virtapilarin etuosa (segmental cut-water), segmentoitu raportointi (reporting by segments, segmental reporting), paikallinen tärinä (regional vibration, segmental vibration), katkeava lastu (discontinuous chip, segmental chip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | segmentaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | segmental. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τμηματικόσ (sectional, segmentary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szelvényes, részekre osztott. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | segmentario, segmentale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 단편 (fragmentary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | egmentalsay segmentário. (various references) сегментный. (various references) segmentan, koji se sastoji iz odlomaka. (various references) segmentario (segmented). (various references) segmentell. (various references) เกี่ยวกับเสียงพู", ที่แบ่งเป็นตอนๆ. (various references) сегментний. (various references) có khúc, có hình phân, có đoạn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "segmental": segmentally. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "segmental": intersegmental, suprasegmental. (additional references) | |
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"Segmental" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Legentil, segetum, Segmentalism, segmentals, segmenter, Sermoneta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-l-m-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: melanges, meltages, talesmen. | |
-2 letters: eaglets, elegant, enamels, gametes, gatemen, gelants, gelates, gentles, gleeman, laments, lateens, leanest, legates, magnets, maneges, mangels, mangles, mantels, mantles, meanest, melange, meltage, menages, metages, negates, segetal, segment, tangles, telegas, teleman. | |
-3 letters: agenes, agents, aglets, aments, aneles, angels, angles, eagles, eaglet, egesta, elates, enamel, enates, enemas, gamest, gamete, gasmen, gelant. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-l-m-n-s-t" | |
+2 letters: regimentals, segmentally, steelmaking, tanglements. | |
+3 letters: congealments, enlargements, nematologies, realignments, steelmakings. | |
+4 letters: conglomerates, entanglements, galvanometers, metalanguages, televangelism. | |
+5 letters: almightinesses, beleaguerments, electromagnets, embranglements, intersegmental, laryngectomees, laryngectomies, paleomagnetism, paleomagnetist, pneumatologies, steamrollering, suprasegmental, telemarketings, televangelisms. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01100111 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e g m e n t a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 0067 006D 0065 006E 0074 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537173797180866778 |
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