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cross-battery

noun

Etymology

From cross- + battery.

  1. derived from battuō
  2. derived from baterie
  3. borrowed from batterie
  4. formed as cross-battery — “cross- + battery”

Definitions

  1. The use of information from multiple batteries of tests in order to guide diagnostic…

    The use of information from multiple batteries of tests in order to guide diagnostic decisions and to gain a fuller picture of an individual.

  2. A pair of batteries commanding the same spot from different directions.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cross-battery. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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