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downstagings

downstagings is the plural of downstaging.

Meaning of downstaging

Noun

downstaging (usually uncountable, plural downstagings)

  1. (usually) A reduction in the stage of a cancer, from a more to a less threatening stage.
    • The goal of downstaging is to decrease the size and number of tumors in patients who do not meet the criteria for transplantation on initial evaluation.2014, Nicholas J. Zyromski, Handbook of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, →ISBN
    Antonyms:
    upstaging

Questions about downstagings

What is downstagings the plural of?
Downstagings is the plural of downstaging.

Words near downstagings in the dictionary

  1. downstacks
  2. downstage
  3. downstaged
  4. downstages
  5. downstaging
  6. downstagings
  7. downstair
  8. downstairs
  9. downstat
  10. downstate
  11. downstater

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