SUBGROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subgroup mean? 

• SUBGROUP (noun)
  The noun SUBGROUP has 2 senses:

1. a distinct and often subordinate group within a group

2. (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group

  Familiarity information: SUBGROUP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBGROUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A distinct and often subordinate group within a group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("subgroup" is a kind of...):

group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subgroup"):

bench (the reserve players on a team)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("subgroup" is a kind of...):

group; mathematical group (a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

 Context examples 

This allowed researchers to identify a set of 20 genes associated with all four of the medulloblastoma molecular subgroups: SHH, WNT, Group 3 and Group 4.

(New method to classify brain tumour in children, SciDev.Net)

Subgroups of populations based on age.

(Age Group, NCI Thesaurus)

This subgroup can be used for temporary allocation of novel lesions.

(Adenocarcinoma NOS of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Patients were divided into subgroups according to the presence or absence of coronary artery disease, and the amount of grey/white hair.

(Grey Hair Linked with Increased Heart Disease Risk in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Some members of the subgroup of the human CXC-Chemokines are defined by the conserved ELR sequence motif (glutamic acid-leucine-arginine) immediately preceding the first cysteine residue near the amino-terminal end.

(Alpha Chemokine, NCI Thesaurus)

A subgroup of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) that specifically targets at cyclooxygenase 2, an enzyme involved in pain and inflammation.

(COX-2 inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

The existence of subgroups (types 1, 2, and 3) based on serological findings are controversial.

(Autoimmune Hepatitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The team used a combination of machine learning and a whole blood assay known as qPCR – a relatively simple tool – to identify genetic signatures that re-created the two subgroups from their previous study.

(New prognostic test could enable personalised treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, University of Cambridge)

Proposed nomenclature divides parapsoriasis into two distinct subgroups, PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES and parapsoriasis en plaques (small- and large-plaque parapsoriasis).

(Parapsoriasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

As polyphenolic, soluble plant pigments, flavonoids are usually subdivided into 5 subgroups flavonols, flavones, flavonones, flavan-3-ols, anthocyanidins.

(Flavonoid, NCI Thesaurus)