Submassive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Submassive is an adjective meaning (medicine, geology) Less than, or approaching, massive.
Meaning
(medicine, geology) Less than, or approaching, massive.
Example Sentences
Patients with submassive PE can be treated with anticoagulation medication alone as they are generally hemodynamically stable, whilst patients with massive PE usually present with hemodynamic instability and are treated with either pulmonary embolectomy or thrombolytic therapy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pe, macromastic, minorish, submiliary, minour, moliminous.
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