Example sentences of "was defined as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Complicated appendicitis was defined as appendicitis with histopathological evidence of perforation or gangrenous change . |
| 2 | Eradication was defined as inability to show H pylori four weeks or more after discontinuation of study treatment by all four tests . |
| 3 | Chronic diarrhoea was defined as diarrhoea persisting for at least 14 days . |
| 4 | Adequate compliance was defined as ingestion of at least 70% of the tablets prescribed . |
| 5 | Treatment failure was defined as evidence by endoscopy of a recurrent duodenal ulcer crater . |
| 6 | Ultimate haemostasis was defined as lack of rebleeding for 30 days after treatment . |
| 7 | Severe chronic constipatiown was defined as constipation without bowel obstruction , lasting for more than 18 months , not responding to high fibre diets , with less than two bowel movements per week and without an alternating bowel habit ( diarrhoea and constipation ) . |
| 8 | Complete remission was defined as resolution of clinical evidence of disease and of endoscopic lesions , with negative biopsy specimens and absence of extragastric localisation . |
| 9 | Partial remission was defined as improvement of clinical symptoms and endoscopic lesions with a decrease in tumoral infiltration . |
| 10 | Achalasia was defined as failure of relaxation of a hypertensive or normal lower oesophageal sphincter with absent peristalsis in the oesophageal body . |
| 11 | Abnormal reflux was defined as pH <4 for more than 4.2% of the recording time . |
| 12 | A good response to treatment was defined as restoration of continence or a decrease of at least 75% in frequency of incontinence . |