Definitions

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  • Occurring in three phases.

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  • adjective Having three phases.

Etymologies

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tri- +‎ phasic

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Examples

  • Birth control pills that vary the dosage of hormones throughout the month collectively called triphasic pills have been implicated as having a link to the formation of ovarian cysts in some women.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • I take the pregnancy test even though I don't think I'm pregnant, and I don't think I'm pregnant because my temperature hasn't exhibited the classic triphasic pattern of pre-ovulation (low), ovulation (high), and implantation (higher) that pregnant women get.

    Archive 2006-04-01 ScienceWoman 2006

  • Unlike the triphasic pills, which supply varying levels of hormones throughout the month and have been linked to the formation of ovarian cysts, pills that provide a constant level of hormones can encourage disintegration.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • Nonfocal, slowing of alpha, increased theta; polymorphic delta or rhythmic frontal delta, if severe; in chronic state, decreased voltage and slow activity; in addition, more specific sharp or spike waves in renal failure; triphasic high-voltage slow waves in hepatic encephalopathy, anoxia, uremia, hypercalcemia

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

  • About the batteries/powertrain: Lead-acid linked to an triphasic induction motor.

    Autoblog Green Xavier Navarro 2010

  • About the batteries/powertrain: Lead-acid linked to an triphasic induction motor.

    Autoblog Green Xavier Navarro 2010

  • So I was just wondering if my chart shows a triphasic pattern.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • About the batteries/powertrain: Lead-acid linked to an triphasic induction motor.

    Autoblog Green 2009

  • So we are now replacing biphasic with triphasic and there is probably more old stuff out there now at this point than perhaps there was three years ago.

    Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2009

  • Other EEG findings reported include triphasic waves, epileptiform abnormalities, photomyogenic response, and photoparoxysmal response.

    PLoS Medicine: New Articles 2008

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