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comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days"
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly" (同)to a lesser extent
(comparative of `little usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old"
(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"
(usually preceded by `no'
smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"
of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils"
largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets (同)fossa cat, Cryptoprocta ferox
monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets (同)genus Fossa

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(量が)(…より)『もっと少ない』,いっそう少ない;(大きさ・価値・程度などが)(…より)『もっと少ない』,さらに劣る,もっと低い《+『than』…》 / もっと少なく,…ほどでなく《+『than…』》 / 《形容詞・副詞の劣勢の意の比較級を作るのに用いて》…ほど…でない《+『than…』》 / さらに少ない数(量) / …だけ足りない,を引いた
『いっそう小さい(少ない,重要でない)』,より劣った

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Acromegaly and Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic production of GHRH and ACTH by a thymic carcinoid tumour: in vitro responses to GHRH and GHRP-6.

Jansson JO, Svensson J, Bengtsson BA, Frohman LA, Ahlman H, Wängberg B, Nilsson O, Nilsson M.SourceResearch Centre of Endocrinology and Metabolism (RCEM), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden. JOJ@ss.gu.se
Clinical endocrinology.Clin Endocrinol (Oxf).1998 Feb;48(2):243-50.
A 50-year-old male presented with diabetes mellitus and Cushing's syndrome associated with a large mediastinal mass. The levels of serum cortisol were high (1500-1800 nmol/l) without diurnal variation. Plasma ACTH levels (200-250 ng/l) and urinary excretion of cortisol were also increased. The level
PMID 9579239