moderate severity

collocation in English

meaningsofmoderateandseverity

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moderate
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒd.ər.ət/us
/ˈmɑː.dɚ.ət/
neither small nor large in size, amount, degree, ...
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severity
noun[U]
uk
/sɪˈver.ə.ti/us
/səˈver.ə.t̬i/
seriousness:
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(Definition ofmoderateandseverityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Risk of onset was increased 22-fold by severe events and three-fold by ongoing difficulties of at leastmoderateseverity.
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Severe events increased risk 22-fold, and difficulties of at leastmoderateseverityincreased risk three-fold.
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Seventy-eight subjects (64 % from a total of 122) had a lifetime history of depressive disorder of at leastmoderateseverity.
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It should be noted that major depressions were of mild tomoderateseverity.
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Mild or moderate dementia was defined by at least one rating ofmoderateseverityin these items.
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Most cases in children are of mild tomoderateseveritybut eczema can, in some circumstances, cause severe morbidity in adults.
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The procedures used are exposure to altered environmental pressure and gaseous pressure and are ofmoderateseverity.
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No evidence of any other congenital defect was found, nor evidence of any disease except for an upper respiratory tract infection ofmoderateseverity.
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A storm of exceptional severity may do very small damage and a storm ofmoderateseverityvery large damage.
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These figures are significantly lower than official estimates of deaths caused by seasonal flu alone and stand as testimony to themoderateseverityof this influenza virus.
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However, damage there was only ofmoderateseverity.
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It also does not cause risks for people with chronic diseases ofmoderateseverity.
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It is used to treat community acquired pneumonia of mild tomoderateseverity.
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All the adverse reactions reported were of mild tomoderateseverity, and resolved when the drug was discontinued.
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Another 30 suffered injuries ofmoderateseverity.
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Ketek will remain on the market for the treatment of community acquired pneumonia of mild tomoderateseverity(acquired outside of hospitals or long-term care facilities).
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