mean survival
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmeanandsurvival
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mean
adjective
uk/miːn/us/miːn/
mainly UK
not willing to give or share things, ...
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survival
noun
uk/səˈvaɪ.vəl/us/sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/
the fact of a person, organization, etc. continuing to live ...
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(Definition ofmeanandsurvivalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Themeansurvivalwas 78%.
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In this time 35 % of patients relapsed, withmeansurvivalof 18 months.
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The overall rate of relapse was 35 % and themeansurvivaltime was 18 months.
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For us, theymeansurvival.
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Error bars indicate two standard deviations for vial effects on either side of themeansurvivaltime for the line.
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That couldmeansurvivalfor our children and grandchildren.
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Nevertheless, burial improved emergence andmeansurvival, and induced differences in specific leaf area of seedlings that could have ecological significance.
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They required more biliary stenting and theirmeansurvivalwas 59 days compared to 119 days in the surgically treated groups.
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To a business man, the money involved couldmeansurvivalor going under.
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If free trade is implemented, this willmeansurvivalof the fittest.
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Themeansurvivaltime from presentation to death for these patients was significantly less, by two or three times, than that of the patients who had few or mild reactions.
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The conditionalmeansurvivaltime for patients alive at the end of the follow-up in the clinical study was 941 and 774 days in the enalapril and placebo group, respectively.
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Education in the efficient use of energy is needed, and the promotion of other sources of energy couldmeansurvival.
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Overall, there is ameansurvivalof 6-9 months.
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But now he faces new dangers from a strange world of awesome proportions-and his decisions alonemeansurvivalor death as a fierce attack threatens the colony...
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