APPROVED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does approved mean? 

• APPROVED (adjective)
  The adjective APPROVED has 1 sense:

1. established by authority; given authoritative approval

  Familiarity information: APPROVED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPROVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Established by authority; given authoritative approval

Synonyms:

approved; sanctioned

Context example:

a list of approved candidates

Similar:

authorised; authorized (endowed with authority)

 Context examples 

Amendments are the mechanism of changes introduction, further development and improvement of previously submitted or approved clinical study protocols and proposals.

(Amendment, NCI Thesaurus)

Stability data submitted to an annual report or update to an approved application.

(Annual Report, Food and Drug Administration)

The receptors sit on cell surfaces and are targets for nearly one-third of FDA-approved medications.

(Heart Disease Severity May Depend on Nitric Oxide Levels, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

However, there is no single approved drug specifically aimed at treating metastasis.

(Scientists develop potential new approach to stop cancer metastasis, National Institutes of Health)

One such intervention could be an anti-alpha-4 beta-7 antibody called vedolizumab, which is FDA-approved for the treatment of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.

(Study links gut-homing protein levels with HIV infection risk, disease progression, National Institutes of Health)

Stability data submitted to an approved application already filed with the FDA.

(Approved Application Supplement, Food and Drug Administration)

Protocol is approved by the review board.

(Approved Protocol, NCI Thesaurus)

Cervarix is approved for use in females aged 9 to 25 years.

(Cervarix, NCI Dictionary)

The Foundation's expenses fall into two categories: research and education grants that are awarded to institutions, individuals and organizations, and are selected through a grant-review process approved by the National Institutes of Health.

(Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)

The process by which a person is tested and approved to practice in a specialty field, especially medicine, after successfully completing the requirements of a board of specialists in that field.

(Board Certification, NCI Thesaurus)