GLOSSARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glossary mean? 

• GLOSSARY (noun)
  The noun GLOSSARY has 1 sense:

1. an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

  Familiarity information: GLOSSARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOSSARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

gloss; glossary

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

wordbook (a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings))

 Context examples 

NOTE: Phase 3 studies usually include from several hundred to several thousand subjects. [After FDA CDER Handbook, ICH E8] (CDISC glossary)

(phase III trial, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A quality of directional uniformity in material such that physical properties do not vary in different directions. (from Oilfield glossary).

(Isotropy, NCI Thesaurus)

NOTE: These studies could include, but would not be limited to, studying different doses or schedules of administration than were used in Phase 2 studies, use of the drug in other patient populations or other stages of the disease, or use of the drug over a longer period of time. [After FDA CDER Handbook, ICH E8] (CDISC glossary)

(phase IV trial, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Phase 1 studies also include studies of drug metabolism, structure-activity relationships, and mechanism of action in humans, as well as studies in which investigational drugs are used as research tools to explore biological phenomena or disease processes. [After FDA CDER Handbook, ICH E8] (CDISC glossary)

(phase I trial, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any relative who is one meiosis away from a particular individual in a family; a relative with whom one half of an individual's genes is shared (i.e., parent, sibling, offspring) (from Genetics Home Reference glossary)

(First Degree Relative, NCI Thesaurus)

NOTE: Phase 2 studies are typically well controlled, closely monitored, and conducted in a relatively small number of patients, usually involving no more than several hundred subjects. [After FDA CDER Handbook, ICH E8] (CDISC glossary)

(phase II trial, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)