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80
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("80" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being ten more than seventy
Synonyms:
80; eighty; fourscore; lxxx
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
EXAMPLE(S): For blood pressure, the results might be 120 for systolic and 80 for diastolic, where systolic and diastolic are the typeCode distinguishing the two numbers.
(Defined Observation Result Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
In recent years, the Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy's H.E.S.S. experiment has identified more than 80 incredibly powerful sites of gamma rays, called high-energy gamma-ray sources, in our Milky Way.
(Pulse of a Dead Star Powers Intense Gamma Rays, NASA)
Interestingly, they found that the mammalian version of FLP-7 (called Tachykinin) had been identified 80 years ago as a peptide that triggered muscle contractions when dribbled on pig intestines.
(Scientists Find Brain Hormone That Triggers Fat Burning, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
TRAPPIST-1's seven-planet chain of resonances established a record among known planetary systems, the previous holders being the systems Kepler-80 and Kepler-223, each with four resonant planets.
(Astronomers Confirm Orbital Details of TRAPPIST-1’s Least Understood Planet, NASA)
Many Pacific Island countries and territories will lose 50-80 per cent of marine species by the end of the 21st century if climate change and global warming continue unchecked, reports a new study.
(Pacific island fish migrating to cooler seas, SciDev.Net)
The cold front in the Perseus cluster consists of a relatively dense band of gas with a cool temperature of about 30 million degrees moving through lower density hot gas with a temperature of about 80 million degrees.
(Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front, NASA)
This species is nonmotile, catalase, oxidase, and urease positive, indole, ornithine decarboxylase, gelatinase and Voges-Proskauer test negative, reduces nitrate, is not beta-hemolytic, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, grows on MacConkey's agar, and does not hydrolyze Tween 20 or 80.
(Pasteurella aerogenes, NCI Thesaurus)
Previously, a different team of astronomers had seen periodic variations in the optical light from J0045+41, and, believing it to be a member of M31, classified it as a pair of stars that orbited around each other about once every 80 days.
(Giant Black Hole Pair Photobombs Andromeda Galaxy, NASA)
An orally available, mucoadhesive lipid preparation consisting of paclitaxel, a compound extracted from the Pacific yew tree Taxus brevifolia, in a formulation that is comprised of a mixture of monoolein, tricarprylin, and Tween 80, with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Mucoadhesive Paclitaxel Formulation, NCI Thesaurus)
Pathological increase in blood pressure defined as one of the following: History of hypertension diagnosed and treated with medication, diet, and/or exercise; On at least 2 separate occasions, documented blood pressure greater than 140 mm Hg systolic and/or 90 mm Hg diastolic in patients without diabetes or chronic kidney disease, or blood pressure greater than 130 mm Hg systolic or 80 mm Hg diastolic in patients with diabetes or chronic kidney disease; Currently on pharmacological therapy for the treatment of hypertension.
(Hypertension, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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