The phrase "as defined prior" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring back to a definition or explanation that was provided earlier in the text.
Example: "The term 'sustainability' refers to practices that meet current needs without compromising future generations, as defined prior in this document."
Alternatives: "as previously defined" or "as stated earlier".
We next evaluated the HIV-1 pol PCR FP-DBS assay using stored FP-DBS from infants of known infection status, as defined by prior testing of two sequential samples with the HIV-1 gag PCR assay [ 4, 18].
Individuals with known CAD, as defined by prior myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization, were excluded from the current study analysis.
Consequently, the recommendations clearly state that "variants that are previously unreported but are of the type which is expected to cause the disorder, as defined by prior ACMG guidelines, should be reported".
Therefore, pathway-based methods are aimed at analyzing a predetermined aggregation of genes (or SNPs) (alternatively called a gene set) that are contained in a functional unit as defined by prior biological knowledge (e.g., Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), see http://www.genome.jp/kegg/).jp/kegg/
The laser cleaning technique can also be used to remove the polymer residues from the contact regions of GFETs as defined by EBL prior to metal deposition.
Moreover, this technique can be particularly applied to the contact regions as defined by EBL prior to metal deposition to eliminate the polymer residues, which is impossible by previous annealing methods.
It is planned to enroll 7500 patients in China and Hong Kong with IGT and coronary heart disease as defined by a prior myocardial infarction (MI), unstable angina or current stable angina.
As defined, this is "the prior probability that a compound will be active for kinase B given that it is active for kinase A" [80].
Those who had pregestational diabetes or a CVD event (as defined below) in the prior 3 years were excluded.
For each node, all prior probabilities (as defined by the BDe scoring metric with Dirichlet distribution) exceeded zero, enabling the construction of Bayesian networks reflecting all possible nodal interactions.
