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cohorte

cohort

noun koh-OHR-teh Rare

Origin: From Latin cohors (division of a Roman legion).

Also means

group

Usage Note

Cohorte is feminine (la cohorte) despite ending in -e, which can surprise learners. In modern usage it extends beyond its Roman military origin to epidemiology (estudio de cohortes — cohort study) and informal group reference (una cohorte de seguidores — a cohort of followers).

Examples

"Los investigadores siguieron a una cohorte de mil pacientes."

Natural Translation

The researchers followed a cohort of a thousand patients.

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