"submodal" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "sub- + modal",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2015 December 17, “The Contrasting Role of p16 Ink4A Patterns of Expression in Neuroendocrine and Non-Neuroendocrine Lung Tumors: A Comprehensive Analysis with Clinicopathologic and Molecular Correlations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI",
          "text": "Hence, we observed that 17.5% of the tumors were strongly and diffusely immunoreactive for p16 Ink4A, whereas a submodal positivity was restricted to 22.3% tumors.",
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        "Less than modal"
      ],
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          "modal",
          "modal"
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        "not-comparable"
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      },
      "expansion": "sub- + modal",
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  "etymology_text": "sub- + modal",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        }
      ],
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        "Less than modal"
      ],
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        [
          "modal",
          "modal"
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      ]
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  "word": "submodal"
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