preferred term

collocation in English

meaningsofpreferredandterm

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preferred
adjective
uk
/prɪˈfɜːd/us
/prɪˈfɝːd/
liked or wanted more than ...
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term
noun
uk
/tɜːm/us
/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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(Definition ofpreferredandtermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Patients are counted once perpreferredterm.
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It is ourpreferredterm.
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They chose comrade as theirpreferredtermof address.
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Under modern criminal law, thepreferredtermis defendant.
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It is thepreferredtermfor the studdingsail halliard block.
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This has the advantage of controlling for synonyms as thepreferredtermis indexed and synonyms or related terms direct the user to thepreferredterm.
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Nutrient bioextraction is thepreferredtermfor bioremediation involving cultured plants and animals.
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It is in particular used about apreferredtermfrom a thesaurus.
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During the last century wildlife artist became thepreferredtermfor contemporary animal painters.
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Thepreferredtermis block of flats with variations for particular circumstances.
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This is currently thepreferredtermto use in referring to veterinary patients who present with severe respiratory distress.
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When this is done, the term chase vehicle is usually thepreferredterm, though the function is essentially the same.
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The combustion events driving a pulsejet are often informally called explosions; however, thepreferredtermis deflagrations.
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Recovery is currently thepreferredterm, although harvesting and procurement have been used in the past, they are considered inappropriate, harsh, and potentially inaccurate.
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In animal cells, transfection is thepreferredtermas transformation is also used to refer to progression to a cancerous state (carcinogenesis) in these cells.
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This name is often abbreviated to amount concentration, except in clinical chemistry where substance concentration is thepreferredterm(to avoid any possible ambiguity with mass concentration).
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A thesaurus serves to guide both an indexer and a searcher in selecting the samepreferredtermor combination of preferred terms to represent a given subject.
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The term may, though obtusely, be applied to classical music, insofar as classical pieces generally bear similar thematic elements, but thepreferredtermin this instance is generally subject.
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, which also dates to the first half of the century, has become thepreferredtermto reduce ambiguity and to emphasize the underlying pathophysiology of the disorders.
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