CROSS-SECTIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cross-sectional mean? 

• CROSS-SECTIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective CROSS-SECTIONAL has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to a cross section

2. representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length

  Familiarity information: CROSS-SECTIONAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSS-SECTIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a cross section

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a cross-sectional slice

Pertainym:

cross section (a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis)

Derivation:

cross section (a sample meant to be representative of a whole population)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length

Synonyms:

cross-section; cross-sectional

Context example:

cross-section views of the neck

Similar:

crosswise (lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction)

Derivation:

cross section (a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis)

 Context examples 

There was less than 50% stenosis (reduction in cross-sectional area) in all coronary artery branches.

(No Evidence of Coronary Artery Disease, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Number of major epicardial vessels with greater than or equal to 70% reduction in diameter or greater than or equal to 50% reduction in cross-sectional area.

(Number of Diseased Coronary Artery Vessels, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

EXAMPLE(S): prospective, retrospective, cross-sectional, other

(Observational Study Protocol Version Time Perspective Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

There was greater than or equal to 50% stenosis (reduction in cross-sectional area) in one coronary artery.

(One Coronary Vessel Disease, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Jama conducted a cross-sectional study of 2,501 reported injuries between 1998 and 2017.

(Mobile phone could cause physical pain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It uses special x-ray equipment to make cross-sectional pictures of your body.

(CT Scans, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

However, individual trajectories of cognitive changes have not been assessed in this cross-sectional study.

(Rare Alzheimer's Disease Patients May Delay Cognitive Decline with Exercise, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Compared to humeral bones in non-throwing arms, those in throwing arms had about 50% greater mass, size (total cross-sectional area), and thickness.

(Physical Activity Brings Lasting Bone Benefits, NIH, US)

A unit of cross-sectional measurement of a round area equal to the area of a circle with a diameter of one mil, approximately 0.785 398 square mils, or 506.707 square micrometers.

(Circular Mil, NCI Thesaurus)

A method of examining structures within the body by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis.

(Computed Tomography, NCI Thesaurus)