Medical term:
stochastic
stochastic
[sto-kas´tik]pertaining to a random process; used particularly to refer to a time series of random variables.
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stochastic
(stō-kas'tik),Random.
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stochastic
adjective Referring to a random variable; involving chance or probability.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
stochastic
adjective Referring to a random process; a process determined by a random distribution of probabilities; referring to a behavior not governed by known equations and initial conditions, thus unpredictable at any past or future time. See Chaos. Cf Deterministic.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
sto·chas·tic
(stō-kas'tik)1. Random.
2. radiation therapy Pertaining to the effects of radiation seen in the person exposed to such radiation. This does not have a dose threshold, given that as the dosage increases so does the severity of the reaction.
[G. stochos, target, guess]
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