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CORRECTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corrected mean? 

CORRECTED (adjective)
  The adjective CORRECTED has 1 sense:

1. having something undesirable neutralizedplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CORRECTED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having something undesirable neutralized

Context example:

with glasses her corrected vision was 20:20

Similar:

aplanatic (free from or corrected for spherical aberration)

apochromatic (corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration)

rectified (having been put right)

Antonym:

uncorrected (left faulty or wrong)


 Context examples 


An electrocardiographic finding in which the QT interval corrected for heart rate using Bazett's formula is slightly prolonged.

(Borderline QTcB, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding in which the QT interval corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's formula is slightly prolonged.

(Borderline QTcF, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It is observed in patients with severe hyponatremia, particularly when the hyponatremia is corrected too rapidly.

(Central Pontine Myelinolysis, NCI Thesaurus)

Their findings also suggest that some of these defects potentially could be corrected by supplementation with the amino acid glutamine.

(Scientists identify single-gene mutations that lead to atopic dermatitis, National Institutes of Health)

Emma laughed, and replied: “But I had the assistance of all your endeavours to counteract the indulgence of other people. I doubt whether my own sense would have corrected me without it.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The full moon of November 12 will work to deliver the answers you need, so plan to finish off talks at month’s end when the planets will have corrected their orbits.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The team corrected for these and other factors to estimate how much of the height increase was solely due to water loss from rock.

(Sierras Lost Water Weight, Grew Taller During Drought, NASA)

An electrocardiographic finding in which the QTc interval corrected for heart rate is prolonged.

(Corrected Prolonged QT Interval by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An estimate of serum calcium, corrected for the amount of albumin-bound calcium, used when albumin levels are not within normal ranges.

(Corrected Serum Calcium Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Using this method, the corrected JT interval is independent of the ventricular rate.

(JTcLC - Linear Correction Formula, NCI Thesaurus)



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