DISSEMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dissemination mean? 

• DISSEMINATION (noun)
  The noun DISSEMINATION has 3 senses:

1. the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

2. the property of being diffused or dispersed

3. the act of dispersing or diffusing something

  Familiarity information: DISSEMINATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISSEMINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

airing; dissemination; public exposure; spreading

Hypernyms ("dissemination" is a kind of...):

transmission (communication by means of transmitted signals)

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

circulation (the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines))

extension; propagation (the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions)

Derivation:

disseminate (cause to become widely known)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of being diffused or dispersed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

diffusion; dissemination

Hypernyms ("dissemination" is a kind of...):

dispersion; distribution (the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume)

Derivation:

disseminate (cause to become widely known)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of dispersing or diffusing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

diffusion; dispersal; dispersion; dissemination

Context example:

the diffusion of knowledge

Hypernyms ("dissemination" is a kind of...):

spread; spreading (act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time)

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

crop-dusting; spraying (the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft))

Derivation:

disseminate (cause to become widely known)

 Context examples 

Patients are less than one year old with localized primary tumor and dissemination limited to the following specific anatomic sites: liver, skin, or bone marrow.

(INSS Stage 4S, NCI Thesaurus)

Management of the acquisition, organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information.

(Information Resources Management, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

I would say the hematogenous widespread dissemination of tuberculosis in the body.

(Miliary Tuberculosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the NCHS is the primary Federal organization responsible for the collection, analyses, and dissemination of health statistics.

(National Center for Health Statistics, NCI Thesaurus)

Extracutaneous dissemination of the disease has never been reported.

(Pagetoid Reticulosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The mission of the NIDCR is to improve oral, dental and craniofacial health through research, research training, and the dissemination of health information.

(National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NCI Thesaurus)

Support the effective dissemination, communication, and utilization of HIV/AIDS information to all constituent communities of the NIH.

(Improve Access, NCI Thesaurus)

Extensive infiltration of the lymphatic vessels by cancer cells, resulting in widespread cancer dissemination.

(Lymphangitic carcinomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The condition typically involves the face and scalp, but widespread dissemination may occur.

(Discoid Lupus Erythematosus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This requires the creation and dissemination of technologies that can read and interpret the molecular features of cancer.

(Cancer Genome Anatomy Project, NCI Thesaurus)