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Definition: Subclinical |
SubclinicalAdjective1. Relating to the stage in the development of a disease before the symptoms are observed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Without clinical manifestations; said of the early stage(s) of an infection or other disease or abnormality before symptoms and signs become apparent or detectable by clinical examination or laboratory tests, or of a very mild form of an infection or other disease or abnormality. (references) |
Medicine | Of a disease:one in which there are not clinical symptoms at all or there are no clinical symptoms giving any indication of the nature of the disease; of an infection:one that produces no material pathological changes or that produces minor pathological changes. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Pertaining to a disease, in which manifestations are so slight as to be unnoticeable. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Subclinical |
| Specialty definitions using "subclinical": PHYSICAL-INTEGRATION PRACTITIONER ♦ Seizures, Seroepidemiologic Studies. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The possible exception may be in those women with a subclinical cyst detected on ultrasound, which is unilocular, less than 5 cm in diameter, and associated with normal serum CA 125 levels. (references) | |
Likewise, subjects with mild or subclinical illnesses marked by dysregulation of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D synthesis (e.g., primary hyperparathyroidism, sarcoidosis) may be at increased risk from higher calcium intakes. (references) | ||
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| "Subclinical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Subclinical" is used about 29 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) | 100% | 29 | 64,444 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "subclinical": subclinical absence. Additional references. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
subclinical hypothyroidism | 17 |
subclinical hyperthyroidism | 12 |
disorder eating subclinical | 2 |
hypothyroid subclinical | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "subclinical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 临床症状不显. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | subklinisk (mild). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | subklinisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | subclinique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | subklinisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | subclinico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 무증상. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubclinicalsay subclínico. (various references) преклинический. (various references) fase subclínica de la infección (asymptomatic phase of infection, subclinical phase of(chronic)infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "subclinical": subclinically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-i-i-l-l-n-s-u" | |
-3 letters: allicins, bacillus, clinical, silicula. | |
-4 letters: aclinic, aiblins, albinic, allicin, bacilli, basilic, calculi, clinics, cubical, incisal, sacculi, salicin, subclan, uncials. | |
-5 letters: ablins, abulic, acinic, acinus, alibis, anisic, bialis, blains, blinis, buccal, cabins, callus, casini, caulis, clinal, clinic, cubics, cullis, incubi, lilacs, linacs, nubias, scilla, sialic, siccan, silica, sulcal, uncial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-i-i-l-l-n-s-u" | |
+2 letters: subclinically. | |
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