UNMEASURABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unmeasurable mean? 

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

1. impossible to measure

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNMEASURABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impossible to measure

Synonyms:

immeasurable; immensurable; unmeasurable

Context example:

immeasurable suffering

Similar:

abysmal (very great; limitless)

illimitable; limitless; measureless; unmeasured (without limits in extent or size or quantity)

 Context examples 

If serum and urine M-protein are unmeasurable, and serum free light assay is also unmeasurable, a 50% or more reduction in plasma cells is required in place of M-protein, provided the baseline bone marrow plasma cell percentage was 30% or more.

(Partial Response of Multiple Myeloma or Plasma Cell Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

If the serum and urine M-protein are unmeasurable (i.e., do not meet any of the following criteria: 1. serum M-protein at least 1 g/dL; 2. urine M-protein at least 200 mg/24 hours; 3. serum free light chain assay shows involved level at least 10 mg/dL, provided serum free light chain ratio is abnormal), a 50% or more decrease in the difference between involved and uninvolved free light chain levels is required in place of the M-protein criteria.

(Partial Response of Multiple Myeloma or Plasma Cell Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)