median survival time

noun

The length of time from either diagnosis or treatment in which one half of a sample of patients with a given disease are found to be, or expected to be, still alive.

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Meanings

nounmedian survival time (countable and uncountable, plural median survival times)

plural median survival times

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe length of time from either diagnosis or treatment in which one half of a sample of patients with a given disease are found to be, or expected to be, still alive.

    Synonyms: mean survival time

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe length of time from either diagnosis or treatment in which one half of a sample of patients with a given disease are found to be, or expected to be, still alive.

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mean survival time
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