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TRADITIONALLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
According to tradition; in a traditional manner
Example:
traditionally, we eat fried foods on Hanukah
Classified under:
Pertainym:
traditional (consisting of or derived from tradition)
Context examples:
C. tertium has traditionally been considered nonpathogenic but has since been designated an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised and wound patients, causing necrotizing fasciitis and gas gangrene.
(Clostridium tertium, NCI Thesaurus)
Preparation of a homeopathic substance with a ratio of one part original material to 10 parts of carrier or solvent, traditionally lactose, water or ethanol.
(Decimal Series of Attenuation, NCI Thesaurus)
People have traditionally assumed that all of the interesting spectroscopy is in the infrared on planetary surfaces, because that's where most of the molecules that scientists are looking for have their fundamental features.
(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)
A measuring device, traditionally including a graduated tube, designed for the accurate transfer of liquid volumes.
(Pipette Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
Traditionally, minor surgery to draw marrow from the hipbones followed by collection of the stems cells from the donated marrow.
(Bone Marrow Donation, NCI Thesaurus)
Preparation of a homeopathic substance with a ratio of one part original material to 100 parts of carrier or solvent, traditionally lactose, water or ethanol.
(Centesimal Series of Attenuation, NCI Thesaurus)
As oceans warm, cooler subtropical environments are becoming more favorable for corals than the equatorial waters where they traditionally thrived.
(Coral reefs shifting away from equatorial waters, National Science Foundation)
The essential oil of Perilla frutescens (note: the seed oil is the more common, traditionally used as a lamp oil and as drying oil finish).
(Perilla frutescens Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
Bacteria is the usual etiologic agent, and the distinction between "acute" and "subacute" has traditionally been made based on the pathogenic organism and clinical presentation.
(Acute Endocarditis, NCI Thesaurus)
Traditionally, we have viewed salt marshes as resilient to nitrogen pollution, because the microbes there remove much of the nitrogen as gas, writes first author Ashley Bulseco, a postdoctoral scientist at the MBL.
(Salt marshes' capacity to store carbon may be threatened by nitrogen pollution, National Science Foundation)
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