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THEREOF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thereof mean? 

THEREOF (adverb)
  The adverb THEREOF has 2 senses:

1. of or concerning this or thatplay

2. from that circumstance or sourceplay

  Familiarity information: THEREOF used as an adverb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THEREOF (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or concerning this or that

Context example:

a problem and the solution thereof


Sense 2

Meaning:

From that circumstance or source

Synonyms:

thence; therefrom; thereof

Context example:

typhus fever results therefrom


 Context examples 


The branch of medicine that deals with the blood and blood-forming organs and the diseases thereof.

(Hematology, NCI Thesaurus)

The classification system is based on the ability, or lack thereof, to engage in physical activity.

(New York Heart Association Class, NCI Thesaurus)

Research as to the cause of pain and the treatment thereof

(Pain Research, NCI Thesaurus)

For the world's judgment—I wash my hands thereof.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The process of taking in a substance, especially by eating or drinking, or the quantities thereof; admittance of people to a place or organization at a particular time.

(Intake, NCI Thesaurus)

Cellular morphology is the form and structure of cells, and its relation to cell function, or the scientific study thereof.

(Cellular Morphology, NCI Thesaurus)

A grouping of individuals on the basis of a shared procedure or disease, or lack thereof (e.g. healthy volunteers, type 2 diabetic subjects, subjects with renal cell cancer).

(CDISC SDTM Diagnosis Group Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Collectively, these mechanisms (or a combination thereof) are predicted to disturb cellular homeostasis (within glial and/or motor neurons), ultimately triggering motor neuron death.

(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

A receptacle with a body constructed of film, woven plastic, woven fabric, paper or combination thereof, together with any appropriate service equipment and handling devices, and if necessary, an inner coating or liner.

(Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container, NCI Thesaurus)

Therefore he desired to be further satisfied what I meant by law, and the dispensers thereof, according to the present practice in my own country; because he thought nature and reason were sufficient guides for a reasonable animal, as we pretended to be, in showing us what he ought to do, and what to avoid.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)



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