nadir

Examples

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• For each participant, we also recorded age, ethnic origin, injection drug use, number of sexual partners, alcohol use, nadir CD4 count, lamivudine use, and HCV infection.

  Academic text (2002)

• The nadir CD4 count was included in the analysis because it represents the most severe degree of immunosuppression reached by an individual.

  Academic text (2002)

• The sun is then at its nadir, the furthest southern limit of its range, its terminus.

  Blog text (18)

• 583 The cable reaches its nadir over an outcropping of rock on the cliff.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Findings: There was a peak in the occurrence of childhood ITP during spring and a nadir in the autumn.

  Academic text (2001)

• The mean hematocrit nadir during the admission for bleeding was 38.3%, and only one patient had a hematocrit below 30.0%.

  Academic text (2001)

• However, HIV-1 seropositive men were more likely to have ever used injection drugs and had lower nadir CD4 counts than HIV-1 seronegative men.

  Academic text (2002)

• The rate of liver-related death also increased as the nadir CD4 count fell from more than 250 cells/L to less than 100 cells/L (7.6, 3.1-19.5, p<0.001; table 4).

  Academic text (2002)

• During the solar eclipse, the sun reaches its nadir when it is directly opposite the zenith.

• In navigating, understanding the nadir helps astronomers locate stars and celestial objects below the observer.

Antonyms

Z

zenith

• Specialized

5 8.0

The point in the sky directly above you

Idioms

R

to reach a nadir

• Formal

8.2

To fall to the lowest point in a situation, for example in money or confidence

Surface Forms

Etymology