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Centor criteria

Centor criteria noun: a set of criteria used to identify the likelihood of a bacterial infection in adult patients complaining of a sore throat.

Noun

Centor criteria pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A set of criteria used to identify the likelihood of a bacterial infection in adult patients complaining of a sore throat.

Origin of Centor criteria

Introduced by R. M. Centor et al in 1981.

Questions about Centor criteria

What does Centor criteria mean?
Centor criteria means a set of criteria used to identify the likelihood of a bacterial infection in adult patients complaining of a sore throat.
What part of speech is Centor criteria?
Centor criteria is a noun.

Words near Centor criteria in the dictionary

  1. centonism
  2. centonist
  3. centonists
  4. centonization
  5. centonizations
  6. Centor criteria
  7. centory
  8. centos
  9. centothecoid
  10. centothecoids
  11. centr'd

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