AGE GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does age group mean? 

• AGE GROUP (noun)
  The noun AGE GROUP has 1 sense:

1. a group of people having approximately the same age

  Familiarity information: AGE GROUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGE GROUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of people having approximately the same age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

age bracket; age group; cohort

Hypernyms ("age group" is a kind of...):

people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "age group"):

aged; elderly (people who are old collectively)

young; youth (young people collectively)

 Context examples 

An age group comprised by people 65 years of age and older.

(Elderly, NCI Thesaurus)

A registered nurse with specialized and advanced education in treating all age groups.

(Family Nurse Practitioner, NCI Thesaurus)

These impairments can result from trauma, birth or disease and are not restricted to any particular age group.

(Intellectual Disability, NCI Thesaurus)

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level defined according to specific age groups or ranges, which takes into account the natural increase of PSA levels with increased age.

(Age-Adjusted PSA, NCI Thesaurus)

It is most commonly seen in the pediatric age group.

(Optic Nerve Glioma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is not uncommon, occurring in adult life in no particular age group, with males and females equally affected.

(Apocrine Hidrocystoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

In the pediatric age group the complete remission rate is approximately 95% and the disease free survival rate is 70%.

(B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

Patients are predominantly male, frequently in the 30-50 year age group.

(Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder diagnosed in childhood or adolescence age group characterized by aggressive behavior, deceitfulness, destruction of property or violation of rules that is persistent and repetitive, and within a one year period.

(Conduct Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Study of the development of the brain and nervous system; does not include the psychological or behavioral aspects or nervous system repair; applies to any age group when the nervous system is undergoing development.

(Developmental Neurobiology, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)