REGIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does regional mean? 

• REGIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective REGIONAL has 2 senses:

1. characteristic of a region

2. related or limited to a particular region

  Familiarity information: REGIONAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REGIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characteristic of a region

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

regional flora

Pertainym:

region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Related or limited to a particular region

Context example:

a regional dialect

Similar:

territorial (belonging to the territory of any state or ruler)

 Context examples 

Problems can affect either part of the system, as in complex regional pain syndromes, or all of the system.

(Autonomic Nervous System Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of bone cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Bone Cancer Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of breast cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Breast Cancer Clinical Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

Regional anesthetics cause a loss of feeling in a part of the body, such as an arm or leg.

(Anesthetic, NCI Dictionary)

Regional anesthesia: blocks pain in an area of the body, such an arm or leg. Epidural anesthesia, which is sometimes used during childbirth, is a type of regional anesthesia.

(Anesthesia, NIH)

The results suggest that each of the four dominant spring ENSO variations is linked to distinct and significant U.S. regional patterns of outbreak probability.

(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)

Although it has long been known that aerosols could play an important role in shaping regional weather patterns, ultrafine particles were thought to be too small to affect the formation of clouds.

(Tiny pollutants intensify storms in the Amazon, SciDev.Net)

Regional anesthesia is a loss of feeling in a part of the body, such as an arm or leg.

(Anesthesia, NCI Dictionary)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of breast cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Breast Cancer Clinical Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of breast cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Breast Cancer Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)