37

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 37 mean? 

• 37 (adjective)
  The adjective 37 has 1 sense:

1. being seven more than thirty

  Familiarity information: 37 used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• 37 (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being seven more than thirty

Synonyms:

37; thirty-seven; xxxvii

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

Of women with stage 1 high blood pressure (130/80 to 130/89 mmHg), 37.8% developed a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, an 80% greater risk than women with normal blood pressure.

(Elevated blood pressure in first trimester increases risk for blood pressure disorder later in pregnancy, National Institutes of Health)

Ethiodized oil contains 37% organically bound iodine and is used as a diagnostic radiopaque medium or, labeled with I-131, as an antineoplastic agent.

(Ethiodized oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The second group, 27% of the total, had the highest increase, from nearly 37 minutes of screen time a day to about 4 hours a day.

(High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy, National Institutes of Health)

In its typical form, formalin is 37% formaldehyde by weight (40% by volume), 6-13% methanol, and the rest water.

(Formaldehyde Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

The study included a total of 55% female subjects, 38.8% caucasian subjects, and 37.6% were between 13 and 29 years old.

(Mobile phone could cause physical pain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Normal in males is 43-49%, in females 37-43%.

(Hematocrit Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Formaldehyde is readily soluble in water and is commonly distributed as a 37% solution in water; formalin, a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water, is used as a disinfectant and to preserve biological specimens.

(Formaldehyde, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared with men with sodium levels of 141-142 mmol/L, men with levels of 126-140 mmol/L were 30% more likely to have cognitive impairment at baseline and 37% more likely to experience cognitive decline over time.

(Blood Sodium Levels May Affect Cognition in Older Adults, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

One year later, more participants on 300-mg peanut OIT (37%) passed the challenge than those on placebo OIT (13%), confirming insights from smaller trials that desensitization is maintained in only a minority of participants after OIT is discontinued or reduced.

(Few people with peanut allergy tolerate peanut after stopping oral immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)

TOI 700 d, the outermost known planet in the system and the only one in the habitable zone, measures 20% larger than Earth, orbits every 37 days and receives from its star 86% of the energy that the Sun provides to Earth.

(NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World, NASA)