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SEQUENTIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In regular succession without gaps
Example:
serial concerts
Synonyms:
consecutive; sequent; sequential; serial; successive
Classified under:
Similar:
ordered (having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule)
Derivation:
sequence (the action of following in order)
sequence (a following of one thing after another in time)
Context examples:
A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin, followed by paclitaxel and trastuzumab, administered in a sequential fashion and used as an adjuvant treatment for HER-2/neu-positive breast cancer.
(AC-T-T regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A sequential arrangement of information pertaining to the evolution of an individual's cognitive development.
(Mental Development Index, NCI Thesaurus)
The sequential formation of peptide bonds between amino acids
(Peptide Synthesis, NCI Thesaurus)
After sequential addition of monosaccharides by ALG glycosyltransferases, the N-glycan precursor is attached by the OST (oligosaccharyltransferase) complex to the polypeptide chain that is being synthesized and translocated through the ER membrane.
(N-Glycan Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
A chemotherapy regimen consisting of doxorubucin hydrochloride (Adriamycin) and cyclophosphamide, followed by paclitaxel (Taxol), administered on either a dose-dense or sequential schedule and used as an adjuvant treatment for breast cancer.
(AC-T regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
It could refer to the temporal, or sequential relationship, or indicate that a test was performed to verify another test result, or designate that a test is a component of a test panel.
(Observation Result Relationship Comment, NCI Thesaurus)
A regimen consisting of doxorubicin, paclitaxel and cyclophosphamide, administered on a sequential schedule and used in the adjuvant setting for the treatment of breast cancer.
(A-T-C Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called AC-T-T, AC-T-T regimen, and sequential AC/Taxol-Trastuzumab regimen.
(AC-TH regimen, NCI Dictionary)
An integer specifying the relative sequential or temporal ordering of this relationship among other similar relationships having the same source.
(Defined Composition Relationship Sequence Number, NCI Thesaurus)
A sequential p-value procedure that controls expected false discovery rate.
(Benjamini-Hochberg Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)
