STANDARDIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standardized mean? 

• STANDARDIZED (adjective)
  The adjective STANDARDIZED has 2 senses:

1. brought into conformity with a standard

2. capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability

  Familiarity information: STANDARDIZED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANDARDIZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brought into conformity with a standard

Synonyms:

standardised; standardized

Context example:

standardized education

Similar:

standard (conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability

Synonyms:

exchangeable; interchangeable; similar; standardised; standardized

Context example:

interchangeable parts

Similar:

replaceable (capable of being replaced)

 Context examples 

A standardized survey developed by W. Guy in 1976 which is used to evaluate the efficacy of a therapeutic intervention.

(Clinical Global Impression Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale developed by Wesson and Ling in 2003 to evaluate the severity of an individual's opiate withdrawal symptoms.

(Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Terminology relevant to the standardized results, in character format, for laboratory tests.

(CDISC SDTM Laboratory Test Standard Character Result Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The biorepository has stringent guidelines regarding the standardized collection, handling, storage, and documentation of biological specimens.

(Biorepository, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized series of measurements that assesses the cognitive, motor, and behavioral development in infants and babies from one to twenty-four months of age.

(Bayley Scale of Infant Development, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale developed by Posner et al (version 1/14/09), which is used to determine the presence of suicidal ideation or behavior.

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Baseline/Screening Version Phase 1 Study 1/14/09 Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A flat dish with multiple individual wells that are arrayed in a standardized number, size, and arrangement.

(Microplate, NCI Thesaurus)

NOTE(S): There is an association between the observation that has the original data (and the original units) and the observation in which the data elements have been converted into standardized units.

(Performed Clinical Result, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A standardized survey developed and published by Kurt Kroenke, Robert Spitzer and Janet Williams in 2002 in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine which is used to assess the severity of an individual's somatic symptoms.

(Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 Item, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized enzyme concentrate containing the pancreatic enzymes, lipase, protease and amylase used in enzyme substitution therapy.

(Pancrelipase, NCI Thesaurus)