#biostatistics

• abatere - The act of deviating; a departure from a norm, rule, protocol, or an established mean value. In medical biostatistics, the term is fundamental (standard deviation) to measure the dispersion of clinical data, while in occupational medicine, it indicates a breach of protective or hygiene regulations.
• abcisă - The first coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system (the Ox axis), frequently used in medical graphs, epidemiological studies, and statistical charts to plot the independent variable (e.g., time, drug dosage, or age).