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PROCEDURAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does procedural mean?
• PROCEDURAL (adjective)
The adjective PROCEDURAL has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to procedure
2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
Familiarity information: PROCEDURAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to procedure
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a procedural violation
Pertainym:
procedure (a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings)
Derivation:
procedure (a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work)
procedure (a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings)
procedure (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result)
procedure (a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
Synonyms:
adjective; procedural
Context example:
adjective law
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
procedure (a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings)
Context examples
An indication of the procedural role of a human observer.
(Person Observer Role in Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)
Characteristics of coronary lesions that contribute to procedural risk during coronary intervention.
(Coronary Lesion Complexity, NCI Thesaurus)
Procedural role of human observer for the context of the current observation.
(Person Observer Role in Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)
A measure of procedural success during a percutaneous coronary intervention when a guidewire can be deployed across a coronary artery lesion.
(Guidewire Across Lesion, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
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