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low-grade Definition

low·-grade (lō′grād′)

adjective

  1. of inferior quality or value
  2. of little degree a low-grade fever

low-grade Synonyms

low-grade

modif.

inferior, bad, second-rate; see poor 2.

low-grade Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: Despite a subsidy to the industry in the 1920s to develop processes to use low-grade German ore little was done.

Modifies a noun

  • glioma: Back to top Study results A total of 18 patients with high-grade gliomas and eight with low-grade gliomas took part in the study.
  • lymphoma: Low-grade lymphomas as a group are often called indolent lymphomas because they tend to grow very slowly and need treatment less urgently.
  • ore: Even without any increase in this consumption the present known reserves, of what is mainly low-grade ore, will last around 50 years.
  • fever: No fever, or only low-grade fever may be present.
  • uranium: The IAEA left 1.8 tons of low-grade uranium in heavyweight sealed barrels at the Tuwaitha facilities.
  • inflammation: Studies have associated obesity and other components of metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular risk factors, with low-grade inflammation.