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MEDIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does median mean?
• MEDIAN (noun)
The noun MEDIAN has 1 sense:
1. the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items
Familiarity information: MEDIAN used as a noun is very rare.
• MEDIAN (adjective)
The adjective MEDIAN has 3 senses:
1. relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
2. dividing an animal into right and left halves
3. relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
Familiarity information: MEDIAN used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
median; median value
Hypernyms ("median" is a kind of...):
average; norm (a statistic describing the location of a distribution)
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
Derivation:
median (relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values))
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
Synonyms:
average; median
Context example:
the median income for the year was $15,000
Similar:
normal (conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal)
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
Derivation:
median (the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dividing an animal into right and left halves
Synonyms:
medial; median
Similar:
mesial (being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
Synonyms:
medial; median
Similar:
central (in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area)
Context examples
Median survival times of 10-15 years are commonly reported.
(Essential thrombocythemia, NCI Thesaurus)
The median age is around 65 in both males and females.
(Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients with this variant of CLL/SLL have an unfavorable prognosis compared to those with somatic hypermutations of the IGH genes, with a median survival of approximately 6-8 years.
(Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma with Unmutated Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Variable-Region Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Summarizes probe sets using Tukey's median polish procedure.
(Bioconductor caAffy Median Polish Probe Summary Method, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients with this type of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma have a more favorable outcome, with a 5-year survival rate of 60% and a median survival of 10 years. — 2004
(Germinal Center B-Cell-Like Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The overall median survival of untreated liver cell carcinoma is about 4 months.
(Hepatocellular carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A family of probability density functions whose mean, median and mode are identical.
(Normal Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)
Plasma cell myeloma with beta-2-microglobulin greater than or equal to 5.5 (median survival of 29 months).
(ISS Stage III Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)
Plasma cell myeloma with beta-2-microglobulin less than 3.5 and albumin greater than or equal to 3.5 (median survival of 62 months).
(ISS Stage I Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)
It is approximately 1/24 of a median day.
(Hour, NCI Thesaurus)
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