Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A physiological substance, such as human chorionic gonadotropin or alpha-fetoprotein, that when present in abnormal amounts in the serum may indicate the presence of disease, as that caused by a malignancy.
- noun A specific physical trait used to measure or indicate the effects or progress of a disease or condition.
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- noun medicine A substance used as an
indicator of abiological state, most commonlydisease .
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Examples
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Secondhand smoke exposure was validated further using a short-term biomarker of exposure-the Level of cot nine in the umbilical cord blood at the time of delivery.
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The hunt is on for a so-called biomarker, a characteristic or substance—or, more likely, several substances—in the body that will indicate if someone is sleepy and, if so, how sleepy.
Stopping Sleepiness Andrea Petersen 2012
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The new approach, called the biomarker test looks for indirect evidence of hgh use.
BBC News - Home 2011
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BU researchers had previously developed a so-called biomarker, or predictor of disease, measured in the smoker's bronchial airway epithelium.
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010
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BU researchers had previously developed a so-called biomarker, or predictor of disease, measured in the smoker's bronchial airway epithelium.
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010
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BU researchers had previously developed a so-called biomarker, or predictor of disease, measured in the smoker's bronchial airway epithelium.
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010
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BU researchers had previously developed a so-called biomarker, or predictor of disease, measured in the smoker's bronchial airway epithelium.
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2010
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BU researchers had previously developed a so-called biomarker, or predictor of disease, measured in the smoker's bronchial airway epithelium.
Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2010
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BU researchers had previously developed a so-called biomarker, or predictor of disease, measured in the smoker's bronchial airway epithelium.
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010
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BU researchers had previously developed a so-called biomarker, or predictor of disease, measured in the smoker's bronchial airway epithelium.
Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2010
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