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The area between the x-axis and the curve given by the integrand. It is equal to the definite integral of a function. In the field of pharmacokinetics, the area under the curve (AUC) is the area under the curve in a plot of concentration of a drug in plasma against time. AUC is usually given for the time interval zero to infinity, and other time intervals are indicated.
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Research record from Clin Biochem, 2026-02-28. PMID 41771415.
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A range of values for a parameter that may contain the parameter and the degree of confidence that it is in fact there.
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Research record from Environ Pollut, 2026-06-04. PMID 42248400.
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Research record from J Immunol Methods, 2026-08-10. PMID 42575294.
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Research record from Diagnostics (Basel), 2026-08-12. PMID 42650940.
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A distribution function used to describe the occurrence of rare events or to describe the sampling distribution of isolated counts in a continuum of time or space. This special probability distribution can apply to the number of discrete independent random events occurring in a given interval when knowing their average rate of occurrence over a very long interval.
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Complementary precision measures: repeatability is variation under the same conditions (same operator, equipment, short interval); reproducibility is variation across conditions — different days, operators, lots, or laboratories.
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