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    LINEAGE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodlineplay

    Synonyms:

    ancestry; derivation; filiation; lineage

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("lineage" is a kind of...):

    hereditary pattern; inheritance ((genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents)

    Attribute:

    purebred (bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain)

    crossbred (bred from parents of different varieties or species)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lineage"):

    descent; extraction; origin (properties attributable to your ancestry)

    bloodline; pedigree (ancestry of a purebred animal)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The descendants of one individualplay

    Example:

    his entire lineage has been warriors

    Synonyms:

    ancestry; blood; blood line; bloodline; descent; line; line of descent; lineage; origin; parentage; pedigree; stemma; stock

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("lineage" is a kind of...):

    family tree; genealogy (successive generations of kin)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lineage"):

    family; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; phratry; sept (people descended from a common ancestor)

    side (a family line of descent)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submittedplay

    Synonyms:

    linage; lineage

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

    Hypernyms ("lineage" is a kind of...):

    charge per unit; rate (amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    The number of lines in a piece of printed materialplay

    Synonyms:

    linage; lineage

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("lineage" is a kind of...):

    number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

    Sense 5

    Meaning:

    The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitorsplay

    Synonyms:

    descent; filiation; line of descent; lineage

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

    Hypernyms ("lineage" is a kind of...):

    family relationship; kinship; relationship ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lineage"):

    bilateral descent (line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family)

    unilateral descent (line of descent traced through one side of the family)

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     Context examples: 

    Mixed-lineage leukemias are associated with the translocation t(11;19)(q23;p13.3) of the gene with the MLL gene.

    (MLLT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

    CD19 antigen is a B-cell specific cell surface antigen, which is expressed in all B-cell lineage malignancies.

    (Autologous PBTL CD19CAR-28/CD137/zeta, NCI Thesaurus)

    A primitive, undifferentiated blood cell which can undergo division and usually gives rise to a white blood cell in the neutrophil lineage.

    (Bone Marrow Stem Cell with Predominant Neutrophil Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)

    This gene is involved in either the promotion or inhibition of apoptosis depending on both the cell lineage and stage of development.

    (CASP2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

    It is characterized by the presence of either separate populations of blasts of more than one lineage, or one population of blasts co-expressing markers of more than one lineage.

    (Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

    The activated Mitf recruits p300 and up-regulates Bcl2 transcription, which plays an important role in modulating the development and survival of the melanocyte lineage.

    (Melanocyte Development Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

    A primitive, undifferentiated blood cell which can undergo division and will give rise to a cell in the basophil lineage.

    (Bone Marrow Stem Cell Committed to the Basophil Lineage, NCI Thesaurus)

    BCL6 protein is predominantly expressed in the B-cell lineage and found in mature B cells.

    (BCL6 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

    This allele, which encodes myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia protein 2, is involved in an estrogen receptor alpha co-activation complex that is necessary for estrogen-induced gene expression.

    (MLL2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

    A neoplasm of lymphoblasts committed to the B-cell lineage, typically composed of small to medium-sized blast cells.

    (B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)


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