RELEVANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relevant mean? 

• RELEVANT (adjective)
  The adjective RELEVANT has 1 sense:

1. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELEVANT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

Context example:

the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research

Similar:

applicable (capable of being applied; having relevance)

germane (relevant and appropriate)

pertinent (having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand)

Antonym:

irrelevant (having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue)

Derivation:

relevance; relevancy (the relation of something to the matter at hand)

 Context examples 

Terminology relevant to the environment within which the subject may have come into contact with a disease carrier, or played the role of a disease carrier.

(CDISC SDTM Contact Setting Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The terminology that includes concepts relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard for the Exchange of Non-clinical Data (SEND) electrocardiogram leads.

(CDISC SDTM Electrocardiogram Lead Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology relevant to the state of being engaged in an activity or service for wages or salary.

(CDISC SDTM Employment Status Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Terminology relevant to the test codes that describe findings about an event or intervention.

(CDISC SDTM Findings About Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The terminology subset that includes terms relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) observation classes.

(CDISC Observation Class Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

The terminology relevant to the CDISC Clinical Data Element Glossary.

(CDISC Clinical Data Element Glossary Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Anything relevant to all anatomic sites - non-specific.

(All Sites, NCI Thesaurus)

The terminology subset that includes terms relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization (CDASH) group.

(CDISC CDASH Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

The terminology subset that includes terms relevant to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) variables used by the Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization (CDASH) group.

(CDISC CDASH Variable Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology relevant to the test names that describe findings about an event or intervention.

(CDISC SDTM Findings About Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)