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Subclinical

Definition: Subclinical

Subclinical

Adjective

1. 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.
 


Specialty Definition: Subclinical

DomainDefinition

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.

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Crosswords: Subclinical

Specialty definitions using "subclinical": PHYSICAL-INTEGRATION PRACTITIONERSeizures, Seroepidemiologic Studies. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Subclinical

DomainTitle

Books

  • Subclinical Hepatocellular Carcinoma (reference)

  • Structural and Functional Abnormalities in Subclinical Diabetic Angiopathy (Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Vol 22) (reference)

  • Subclinical Hyperthyroidism [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Subclinical

SubjectTopicQuote

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Subclinical

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2964,444

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Subclinical

Expression using "subclinical": subclinical absence. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Subclinical

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

subclinical hypothyroidism

17

subclinical hyperthyroidism

12

disorder eating subclinical

2

hypothyroid subclinical

2
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Modern Translation: Subclinical

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

   

Portuguese

  

subclínico. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

преклинический. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fase subclínica de la infección (asymptomatic phase of infection, subclinical phase of(chronic)infection). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Subclinical

Derivations

Words beginning with "subclinical": subclinically. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Subclinical

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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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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