(superl.) Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.
Example Sentences:
Seldom
Definition:
(a.) Rare; infrequent.
Example Sentences:
(1) This scintigraphic localization of osteomyelitis seldom has been reported.
(2) Women seldom occupy higher positions in a [criminal] organisation, and are rather used for menial, but often dangerous tasks ,” it notes.
(3) Survival and healing of "extremely severe" grade intoxication can only be obtained through a surgical intervention within the first hours; a laparotomy will indicate the depth of the lesions, which is not determined by endoscopy, and will consist of Celerier's stripping method and if necessary a gastrectomy, more seldom a cephalic duodeno-pancreatectomy.
(4) Sensitivity and specificity were enhanced when we linked multiple predictors, but this linkage was seldom successful because few patients had more than one positive predictor.
(5) Data from cases with myocardial bridges show that both fatty streaks and raised lesions are seldom observed in the region distal to myocardial bridge.
(6) This suggests that common food additives are seldom if ever of significance as precipitating factors in chronic urticaria or atopic dermatitis.
(7) The pronostic is related to the risk seldom degenerate.
(8) Cavernous hemangiomas of the brain stem are usually discovered accidentally during evacuation of a hematoma, and successful surgical treatment of these lesions is seldom achieved.
(9) Older animals seldom have a single disease, but rather each one represents a unique combination of varying levels of loss of function at both the cellular and systems level.
(10) More specifically, disfigurement seldom was mentioned as a reason for not returning to work and for not participating in social activities with work mates, friends, relatives, and society in general.
(11) Partial scrotal loss is seldom a problem, as local flaps and closure of the defect with the remaining scrotal skin can usually be accomplished.
(12) In the WikiLeaks cables, the US ambassador in Berlin characterised the chancellor as "risk-averse and seldom creative".
(13) It was demonstrated that administrative and ward work constituted the greater part of the activities studied, contact on the other hand being only seldom observed.
(14) This event is seldom; only 38 cases of true spontaneous rupture of the spleen in infectious mononucleosis could be found when the literature was reviewed.
(15) The neurotologic evaluation is negative and attempts to establish an etiology are seldom fruitful.
(16) Although a large population can be healthy for the economy, this seldom seems to be the case in developing countries because of the restricted availability of resources.
(17) The main advantage of this classification is that it can be used even in places where postmortems are seldom performed.
(18) Because cavernous malformations are often angiographically occult and do not have a characteristic appearance on computed tomography (CT), they are seldom recognized preoperatively and may be missed if the surgical specimen is not carefully reviewed.
(19) Although psychiatric symptoms are common among elderly individuals, these symptoms are seldom treated by psychotherapy.
(20) Hemangiopericytoma seldom originates from the lung.