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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("baseline" is a kind of...):
line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("baseline" is a kind of...):
line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared
Example:
the established a baseline for the budget
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("baseline" is a kind of...):
criterion; measure; standard; touchstone (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated)
Context examples:
The substitution of a missing data point with the value from the subject's baseline observation that is not missing.
(Baseline Observation Carried Forward Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus)
Baseline Dyspnea Index (BDI) Functional impairment.
(BDI - Functional Impairment, NCI Thesaurus)
Baseline Dyspnea Index (BDI) Magnitude of effort.
(BDI - Magnitude of Effort, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding of ventricular tachycardia that is associated with syncope and/or cardiac arrest triggered by emotion or exercise in patients whose baseline ECG is normal.
(Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in the absence of structural heart disease, associated with a baseline ECG pattern during sinus rhythm showing right bundle branch block with ST segment elevation in leads V1 through V3.
(Brugada Syndrome Ventricular Arrhythmia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The minimum elevation (positive deflection from baseline, usually measured in mm) of the ST segment, obtained from a set of measurements of the elevation of the ST segment.
(Minimum ST Segment Elevation, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A baseline fetal heart rate with a detectable amplitude range that is greater than 6 but less than or equal to 25 beats per minute.
(Moderate Baseline Fetal Heart Rate Variability, NCI Thesaurus)
The most recently recorded sum of longest diameters minus the baseline sum of longest diameters divided by the baseline sum of longest diameters, multiplied by 100.
(Percent Change From Baseline in Sum of Longest Diameter, NCI Thesaurus)
The most recently recorded sum of diameters minus the baseline sum of diameters divided by the baseline sum of diameters, multiplied by 100.
(Percent Change From Baseline in Sum of Diameter, NCI Thesaurus)
The most recently recorded sum of volumes minus the baseline sum of volumes divided by the baseline sum of volumes, multiplied by 100.
(Percent Change From Baseline in Sum of Volume, NCI Thesaurus)
