Submodal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Less than modal not-comparable

    "Hence, we observed that 17.5% of the tumors were strongly and diffusely immunoreactive for p16 Ink4A, whereas a submodal positivity was restricted to 22.3% tumors."

Example

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"Hence, we observed that 17.5% of the tumors were strongly and diffusely immunoreactive for p16 Ink4A, whereas a submodal positivity was restricted to 22.3% tumors."

Etymology

From sub- + modal.

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