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ACTS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome
Synonyms:
Acts; Acts of the Apostles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Acts" is a part of...):
New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb act
Context examples:
Amlexanox also acts as a leukotriene D4 antagonist and a phosphodiesterase inhibitor.
(Amlexanox, NCI Thesaurus)
Aminophylline also acts as a CNS stimulant and exerts a positive chronotropic and inotropic effect on the heart.
(Aminophylline, NCI Thesaurus)
In purification of drinking water, aluminum sulfate acts as a flocculating agent which causes impurities to coagulate and sediment, so that they are easily removed by filtration.
(Aluminum Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
Ambuside is structurally similar to thiazide type diuretics and acts in a similar manner.
(Ambuside, NCI Thesaurus)
AIF also has another domain that acts as an NADH oxidase, a redox enzyme.
(AIF Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A cancer vaccine composed of naked plasmid DNA of the gene for the tumor-associated antigen alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), a macromolecule that acts as a specific immunologic target for hepatocellular carcinoma.
(AFP Gene Hepatocellular Carcinoma Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition, Acetyl Coenzyme A acts as a biological acetylating agent.
(Acetyl Coenzyme A, NCI Thesaurus)
Acolbifene acts as an estrogen antagonist in uterine and breast tissue, thereby blocking the effects of estrogen in these tissues.
(Acolbifene hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
Acepromazine acts as a dopamine receptor antagonist in the CNS, thereby causing sedation, muscular relaxation and a reduction in spontaneous activity.
(Acepromazine, NCI Thesaurus)
ACTH acts on the outer part of the adrenal gland to control its release of corticosteroid hormones.
(ACTH, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
