Sentence examples for defined as slightly from inspiring English sources

Briefly, FDNs were defined as slightly mucosal elevations with a flat or slightly rounded surface and a height of less than half of the diameter of the lesions, usually consisting of dysplastic mucosal thickness less than twice that of the adjacent nondysplastic mucosa by histology.

When soils with <10 mg kg−1 Cd were defined as slightly to moderately contaminated soils (Zhao et al., 2003), the average % Cd removal of the plant species grown in these soils was nearly 4 times of that in heavily contaminated soils (>10 mg kg−1; Figure 2B; Mann-Whitney, n1 = 61, n2 = 58, p <.001).

In this prospective study from a large cohort from the general population we found that being in the highest tertile of SUA change, corresponding to an increase in SUA of more than 33 μmol/L over 13 years, was an independent risk factor for RD defined as slightly increased ACR and/or a moderately reduced eGFR.

For RBRBM deposits (Rose,[23, 24] Sverjensky,[31, 32] Branam and Ripley[75]), there is also general agreement that the metal-transporting fluids were oxidized, very low in reduced sulfur (reduced sulfur is here defined as ) and slightly acidic.

The Berlin Stadtbahn is often also defined as the slightly longer route between Ostkreuz and Westkreuz, although this is not technically correct.

The areae gastricae (AG) are defined as small, slightly elevated polygonal areas of the gastric mucosa 1 5 mm in diameter that was subdivided by the system of intersecting furrow on the mucosal surface and have been described in the standard textbook of histology for several decades [ 4].

According to a previous classification of LV systolic function in critical sepsis [ 28], LVEF was defined as normal or slightly reduced (LVEF ≥50%), moderately reduced (LVEF between <50% and ≥35%) and severely reduced (LVEF <35%).

One test involved asking his subjects questions about the pictures; if they provided an answer, he asked them to rate their confidence on a 3-point scale defined verbally as "slightly sure, fairly certain, or absolutely certain".

The wife's alternatives are defined as men in a slightly younger age range to men somewhat older than she is (−5 to 10 years).

GGO was defined as an area of slightly increased attenuation in which the vessels remained visible.

The husband's alternatives are defined as women in somewhat younger age range to women slightly older than he is (−10 to 5 years).