mode

mode (mōd)

1. a manner, way, or method of acting; a particular condition of functioning.

2. in statistics, the most frequently occurring value or item in a distribution.

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mode (md)

n.

1. The value or item occurring most frequently in a series of observations or statistical data.

2. The number or range of numbers in a mathematical set that occurs the most frequently.

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mode

[mōd]

Etymology: L, modus, measure

a value or term in a set or series of data that occurs more frequently than other values or terms.

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mode (mo),

n a measure of central tendency that is the most frequently occurring score or value in a group of scores. The mode may be used as an average score.

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mode

1. in statistics, the value or item in a variations curve that shows the maximum frequency of occurrence; in a series of values, the value that occurs most frequently.

2. the manner in which a procedure is carried out.

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amplitude mode

see A-mode ultrasonography.

brightness mode

see B-mode ultrasonography.

motion mode

see M-mode ultrasonography.

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mode

Medtalk The way in which a thing occurs. See Asynchronous transfer mode, Pacing mode, Syntaxic mode Statistics The most frequent number or observation in a data set.

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Patient discussion about mode.

Q. Can fibromyalgia be diagnosed through laboratory test? If not, what is the mode of diagnosis of the same?

A. Yes, that is true. All the testing is done to rule out other problems, then they look at the 18 trigger points and other symptoms suffers have such as chronic fatigue, headaches, pain that has lasted more than three months, irritable bowel, disturbed sleep, restless leg syndrome, etc. That's why it is so frustrating for those of us that suffer with fibromyalgai. You are run through blood test, mri's, cat scans, reffered to different doctors and you begin to feel like you are nuts and " it is in your head" then when you get the diagnosis most often you are greatly releived just to know what is wrong. I also suggest using a doctor that treats fibromyalgai if you are beginning this "journey" b/c once I did I found everything alot easier and was explained the test why's and so forth alot better. I felt I was being tested b/c they didn't know what was wrong and I had insurance. Once I got the this is to rule out this b/c it has these symptoms you are experiencing I coped