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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a defining component in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that plays a crucial or essential role in a particular context or situation.
Example: "Collaboration is a defining component in the success of any team project."
Alternatives: "a key element in" or "an essential part of".
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"When Cunard Line goes around Cape Horn, that's an indication that the grand old days of cruising are still around, but adventure has become a component of cruising in the same way that elegance was a defining component in the grand old days," said Jeffrey Laign, editorial director of Porthole Cruise Magazine.
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13 Finally, the recognition of muscle strength and performance as a defining component of sarcopenia in the elderly patients needs consideration, within the context of cancer cachexia.
The adaptor specification defines a component-in-the-middle capable of making two components interact successfully, according to certain constraints.
This, in turn, requires the function of primary cilia (43), organelles which protrude from the apical epithelial surface and which transduce signals triggered by tubular fluid flow and perhaps also by yet-to-be defined components in the fluid (44).
We believe that urinary bladder volume is a central component in defining POUR, and non-evidence-based recommendations on bladder volumes for defining (and treating) POUR vary from 500 mL (Balderi and Carli 2010) to 600 mL (Balderi et al. 2011), mostly based on the assumption that over-distension of the bladder may cause detrusor damage and subsequently urological deficits (Baldini et al. 2009).
We found that endemic species were a critical component in defining the uniqueness of unionid communities.
A proteome analysis additionally is used to define components involved in pheromone response in this easily tractable fungus.
Accordingly, a "proven method of decontaminating the implant surface" has been defined as a critical component in surgical therapy [13].
This observation was an important component in defining the 1980 World Health Organization (WHO) diagnostic criteria for diabetes together with thresholds for diabetes-specific microvascular complications such as retinopathy.
The ability to culture these cells in a three-dimensional spherical structure in a defined animal component-free environment is a first step towards improving protocols for tissue engineering, and expansion of these cells in vitro.
MRI helps in assessment of tumour extent, specifically defining depth of invasion, a critical component in the T-staging of oral cavity cancer [13, 29, 30].
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