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longitudinal

/ˌlɒndʒɪˈtjuːdɪnəl/

B2CEFR level
58/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Medicine adjective

Relating to observation or data gathered over an extended period.

The discharge summary referenced longitudinal notes from the patient's primary care record.

Similar: ongoing, extended

Topic: Clinical consultation in Medical English

Business adjective

Involving repeated observations of the same subjects over an extended period.

A longitudinal study of the cohort revealed that engagement, not sign-up source, drove lifetime value.

Topic: Data & analytics in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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