concordance

concordance
1. Agreement in the types of data that occur in natural pairs. For example, in a trait like schizophrenia, a pair of identical twins is concordant if both are affected or both are unaffected; it is discordant if one of them only is affected. Likewise, the pairs might be non-identical twins, or sibs, or husband and wife, etc. 2. A negotiated, shared agreement between clinician and patient concerning treatment regimen(s), outcomes, and behaviors; a more cooperative relationship than those based on issues of compliance and noncompliance. [L. concordia, agreeing, harmony]

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n.
similarity of any physical characteristic that is found in both of a pair of twins.

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con·cor·dance (kən-korґdəns) [L. concordare to agree] in genetics, the occurrence of a given trait in both members of a twin pair, as opposed to discordance.

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  • concordance — [ kɔ̃kɔrdɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1160 « accord »; de concorder 1 ♦ (1270) Le fait d être semblable ou analogue; le fait de tendre au même effet, au même résultat. ⇒ accord, conformité, convenance, correspondance, harmonie. La concordance de deux… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Concordance — can mean: Concordance (publishing), a list of words used in a body of work, with their immediate contexts Concordance (genetics), the presence of the same trait in both members of a pair of twins (or set of individuals) Concordance (medicine),… …   Wikipedia

  • concordance — CONCORDANCE. s. f. Convenance, rapport. Il ne se dit guère qu en parlant Des Auteurs Canoniques. Il y a une merveilleuse concordance entre les Evangélistes. La concordance des Écritures. Il se dit aussi Des Livres qui sont faits pour montrer la… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • concordance — Concordance. s. f. Convenance, rapport. Il ne se dit guere qu en parlant des Auteurs Canoniques. Il y a une merveilleuse concordance entre les Evangelistes. la concordance des Ecritures. Il se dit aussi des livres qui sont faits pour montrer la… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Concordance — Con*cord ance, n. [F., fr. LL. concordantia.] 1. Agreement; accordance. [1913 Webster] Contrasts, and yet concordances. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) Concord; agreement. [Obs.] Aschlam. [1913 Webster] 3. An alphabetical verbal index showing… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • concordance — late 14c., alphabetical arrangement of all the words in a book (esp. the Bible), from O.Fr. concordance (12c.) agreement, harmony, from L.L. concordantia, from concordantem (nom. concordans; see CONCORD (Cf. concord)). Originally a citation of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • concordance — [kən kôrd′ ns] n. [ME concordaunce < OFr concordance < ML concordantia < L concordans, prp. of concordare, to agree < concors: see CONCORD] 1. agreement; harmony 2. an alphabetical list of the chief words used in a book or by a writer …   English World dictionary

  • concordance — concordance. См. конкордантность. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • concordance — I noun accord, accordance, agreement, amity, assent, coaction, coincidence, common assent, communion, compact, concert, concord, concurrence, concurrence in opinions, conformance, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, conjunction,… …   Law dictionary

  • concordance — ► NOUN 1) an alphabetical list of the important words in a text, usually with citations of the passages concerned. 2) formal agreement. ORIGIN from Latin concordare agree on …   English terms dictionary

  • CONCORDANCE — n. f. Accord qu’on constate entre deux ou plusieurs choses dites ou écrites. La concordance des divers témoignages ne laisse plus de doute sur la vérité du fait. Concordance des Calendriers, Rapport entre les mois et les jours dans les divers… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

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