high-grade

high-grade
high-grade 'hī-'grād adj being near the upper, most serious, or most life-threatening extreme of a specified range <\high-grade gliomas> <\high-grade cervical dysplasia> compare LOW-GRADE

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(hiґgrādґ) occurring near the high end of a range, as of a malignancy.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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