abstractor
- noun
- /æbˈstræktər/
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resumidor
- Agreements were high among three chart abstractors, who were trained by an experienced cancer registrar.
Examples
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Each cardiac surgery center has a nurse coordinator who is responsible for concurrent data collection, as well as trained record abstractors.
Academic text (1995) -
He left Flask remain as abstractor.
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Data were collected by our own abstractors using a standardized instrument, thus eliminating variation between hospitals.
Academic text (1996) -
Furthermore, the chart abstractors were not blinded to study condition or hypothesis, and interpretation of ambiguous documentation might have biased the results.
Academic text (2010) -
The best tactic is for compilers and abstractors to specialize in particular record sets, according to their facility in the foreign language of the source or subject, e.g., German records abstracted by German specialists and Italian name lists transcribed by Italian specialists.
Academic text (1991) -
A skilled abstractor reviewed the lengthy report and provided a concise summary for the team.
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The company hired a professional abstractor to distill complex scientific papers into understandable summaries.
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In her role as an abstractor, she meticulously summarized patient records for the research study.
Synonyms
7
4.1
A person who gives a short report of important information
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7.7
A person who gives a short summary of the main points
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4.0
A person or tool that makes a short version of a longer text
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7.9
A person who makes a long text shorter while keeping its main ideas
A person who reads long texts and writes short summaries
A person who makes a long text shorter
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word abstractor comes from ab- 'away', tract 'pull', and the ending -or 'one who', the same root as in tractor. So an abstractor is someone who 'pulls away' the main idea from long texts to make a short summary.