confoundable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

confound +‎ -able

Adjective[edit]

confoundable (not comparable)

  1. That can be confounded
    • 2015 July 8, “Changes in Cross-Sectional Area and Transverse Diameter of the Heart on Inspiratory and Expiratory Chest CT: Correlation with Changes in Lung Size and Influence on Cardiothoracic Ratio Measurement”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      However, there is no previous research that demonstrates the impact of lung size or the phase of respiration on the CTR. Interestingly, a large change in the CTR between inspiration and expiration has been described in a textbook of pediatric radiology; and this phenomenon was suggested as a confoundable finding in the evaluation of congenital heart diseases, since infants or children cannot hold their breath during CT scanning [12 ].