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CORRECTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having something undesirable neutralized
Example:
with glasses her corrected vision was 20:20
Classified under:
Similar:
aplanatic (free from or corrected for spherical aberration)
apochromatic (corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration)
rectified (having been put right)
Antonym:
uncorrected (left faulty or wrong)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb correct
Context examples:
A measurement of the median duration (time) of the QTc interval, obtained from a set of measurements of the QT interval and corrected using the Fridericia's correction formula.
(Median QTcF, NCI Thesaurus)
Low vision generally refers to visual disorders that are caused by diseases that cannot be corrected by refraction (e.g., MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, etc.).
(Partial Sight, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Hypospadias is much more common in males than in females, and can be corrected by surgery.
(Hypospadias, NCI Dictionary)
A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the hematocrit corrected reticulocytes to erythrocytes present in a sample.
(Hematocrit Corrected Reticulocytes to Erythrocytes Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the amount of hematocrit corrected reticulocytes present in a sample.
(Hematocrit Corrected Reticulocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the hematocrit corrected reticulocytes in a biological specimen.
(Hematocrit Corrected Reticulocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
"I was in hospital, once," Joe corrected. "It was beautiful. Typhoid—did I tell you?"
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Restoring the gene’s function corrected the working memory deficit.
(Schizophrenia risk gene linked to cognitive deficits in mice, National Institutes of Health)
The old gentleman corrected the mistake, however, and handed the paper back to Holmes.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Sir,” he corrected, not harshly, but sternly.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
