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ALTERNATIVELY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In place of, or as an alternative to
Example:
alternatively we could buy a used car
Synonyms:
alternatively; instead; or else
Classified under:
Pertainym:
alternative (necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities)
Context examples:
A healthcare facility may be manifest as a single physical location (e.g. building), or, alternatively, as a distributed collection of physical spaces.
(Healthcare Facility, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Neuregulins are involved in the normal development of mammary gland, are secreted by breast cancer cells, and can alternatively promote or inhibit breast cancer cell division.
(Neuregulin, NCI Thesaurus)
Alternatively, neuropeptides can be released by non-neuronal cells as hormones.
(Neuropeptide, NCI Thesaurus)
Alternatively, mutant RAS directly stimulates BRAF, whereas mutant BRAF directly stimulates MEK.
(Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.
(Phosducin, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
Alternatively, as CD74 is the cellular receptor for the cytokine migration-inhibitory factor (MIF), the cytotoxicity of this agent may be related to inhibition of CD74 activation by MIF.
(Milatuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)
Alternatively, this may tumor may present as a sarcoma recurring in the site of a previously diagnosed typical giant cell tumor.
(Malignant Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath, NCI Thesaurus)
Two alternatively spliced transcript variants has been described for this gene which encode different isoforms.
(Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A/B, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
Three alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene encoding two distinct isoforms have been reported.
(Interleukin-15, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been reported.
(Interleukin-16, NCI Thesaurus)
