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co·hort (hôrt′)

noun

  1. an ancient Roman military unit of 300-600 men, constituting one tenth of a legion
  2. a band of soldiers
  3. any group or band
  4. an associate, colleague, or supporter one of the mayor's cohorts
  5. a conspirator or accomplice
  6. a subgroup sharing a common factor in a statistical survey, as age or income level

Etymology: ME < L cohors, enclosure, enclosed company, hence, retinue, crowd < co-, co- + IE *ĝhṛtis, a gathering < base *ĝher-, to grasp, enclose > yard

cohort Synonyms

cohort

n.

  1. Gathering

    band, company, group; see following, gathering.

  2. An associate

    partner, ally, accomplice, companion; see assistant, associate, friend 1.

cohort Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • diplomate: A pilot cohort of 150 mental health diplomates was recruited the previous year and with whom panel recruitment and retention strategies have been developed.
  • trainee: Work is initiated with each cohort of trainees during effective learning seminars and workshops.
  • student: The first cohort of dental students will begin their training in the Autumn of 2007.
  • entrant: The first cohort of entrants will embark on their studies in October.
  • patient: We recently reviewed a cohort of patients seen 10 years ago in our unit - " the class of 1988 " .
  • smoker: The model was validated by applying to cohorts without lung cancer excess and to cohorts of smokers and non smokers.

Converse of object

  • comprise: The cohort comprised those at high risk of future cardiovascular events, with a history of cardiovascular disease or diabetes.

Adjective modifier

  • population-based: A new US study gives good information about urinary and sexual function in a large population-based cohort of men [ 1 ] .
  • generational: Smith comes from a much later generational cohort and stands in a different political tradition from Kiernan.
  • hypothetical: One hypothetical cohort was screened for cancer until a predetermined age, representing the base case.
  • successive: Emerging evidence from Denmark suggests a decline in semen quality in successive birth cohorts.
  • prospective: This is a prospective cohort of persons aged 65 or older in 1982.
  • longitudinal: In the longitudinal cohorts, the rate of change was determined by linear regression.

Modifies a noun

  • study: The cohort study selected for analysis involved 347 patients.
  • cull: BSE compensation - cohort cull or BSE off spring?

Noun used with modifier

  • cdhp: Hospital inpatient stay the cdhp cohort 's year two to.
  • graduating: Consequently, at the time of the visit some programs were new and still had not produced a graduating cohort.
  • hmo: Effective in improving had access to the hmo cohort.
  • birth: For example, the birth cohort of 1900 refers to people born in that year.
  • inception: An inception cohort of 1010 patients with RA attending rheumatology clinics was followed for a median of 11.4 years.

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