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FUSED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Joined together into a whole

Example:

a consolidated school

Synonyms:

amalgamate; amalgamated; coalesced; consolidated; fused

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb fuse

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Testing revealed that the fused cells developed characteristics of more malignant cells, which are more likely to invade surrounding tissues and spread to other parts of the body.

(Proximity to muscle cells may promote spread of prostate cancer cells, National Institutes of Health)

A recombinant immunotoxin consisting of the Fv portion of the anti-CD22 antibody covalently fused to a 38 KDa fragment of Pseudomonas exotoxin-A (PE38) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Moxetumomab Pasudotox, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion protein containing a modified form of human T-cell receptor (TCR) specific for the gp100 antigen and fused to an anti-CD3 single-chain antibody fragment, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Monoclonal T-cell Receptor Anti-CD3 scFv Fusion Protein IMCgp100, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the N-terminal half of the histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL protein, including the AT hook DNA binding domain and the DNA methyltransferase domain, fused to most of the afadin protein.

(MLL/MLLT4 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This surface rests on the diaphragm and is fused with the diaphragm's central tendons.

(Base of the Pericardium, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of most of the probable tumor suppressor protein MN1 fused with the C-terminal ETS DNA binding domain of the transcription factor ETV6 protein.

(MN1/ETV6 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the first 902 or 927 amino acids from the N-terminus of the breakpoint cluster region protein fused to almost the entire tyrosine-protein kinase ABL1 protein.

(BCR/ABL1 Fusion Protein p210, NCI Thesaurus)

A crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of four fused benzene rings, produced by incomplete combustion of organic matter.

(Benz[a]anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the N-terminal half of the histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL protein, including the AT hook DNA binding domain and the DNA methyltransferase domain, fused to almost the entire formin-binding protein 1.

(MLL/FNBP1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the N-terminal AT hook and DNA methyltransferase domains of histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL fused to all but the first 46 amino acids of the RNA polymerase II elongation factor ELL.

(MLL/ELL Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)