modality
pronunciation
How to pronounce modality in British English:
UK [məʊˈdæləti]
How to pronounce modality in American English:
US [moʊˈdæləti]
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- Noun:
- a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
- verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
- a particular sense
- a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
Word Origin
- modality (n.)
- 1610s, from Old French modalité or directly from Medieval Latin modalitatem (nominative modalitas) "a being modal," from modalis (see modal). Related: Modalities.
Example
- 1. Effect of treatment modality on prognosis in epithelial ovarian carcinoma
- 2. Effect of modality of parturition and end-results of parturition on late trimester of pregnancy lying-in woman with premature rupture of membranes
- 3. Objective To determine that powerful counseling can lead to correctchoice of dialysis modality in end-stage renal disease ( ESRD ) patients .
- 4. Objective To investigate a better sphincter saving operative modality for the treatment of low rectal cancer of early or middle stage .
- 5. Laparoscopic upper pole partial nephrectomy for an obstructed upper pole moiety is a safe treatment modality with low morbidity and good outcomes .