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indirect /in·di·rect/ (in″di-rekt´)
1. not immediate or straight.
2. acting through an intermediary agent.
indirect
done through an intermediate animal or function.
indirect advertising
advertising about the veterinary profession which indirectly benefits individual veterinarians.
indirect comparisons
comparisons made between individuals or groups in different locations.
indirect contact
see indirect contact.
indirect fluorescent antibody
see fluorescence microscopy.
indirect repeat
see inverted repeat.
indirect selection
improving one character while selecting on another.
indirect social distance
social distance is distance between contacts in an infectious disease; indirect social distance is distance between indirect contacts.
indirect transmission of infection
transmission of infection via another medium, e.g. housing or bedding, without the animals ever being close to each other.
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A meta-analysis of 62 placebo-controlled trials was performed for indirect comparisons between second-generation antidepressants, which showed a few statistically significant differences that were modest and "likely not clinically important," he added.
Second-generation antidepressants differ mainly in safety by Boschert, Sherry / Clinical Psychiatry News
It is now accepted practice to publish all direct and indirect comparisons at both the NIST and the BIPM.
Comparison of the NIST and BIPM medium-energy x-ray air-kerma ... by Boutillon, M. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
According to the indirect comparisons shown in Table 3, both ivy leaf suppositories and syrup were significantly superior to placebo as the 95% CIs of the point estimates for the mean difference between the treatments excluded zero.
Efficacy of dry extract of ivy leaves in children with bronchial ... by Hofmann, D.; Hecker, M.; Volp, A. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
 
 
 
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