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FUSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of fusing (or melting) together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fusion" is a kind of...):
combination; combining; compounding (the act of combining things to form a new whole)
Derivation:
fuse (mix together different elements)
fuse (make liquid or plastic by heating)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization
Synonyms:
fusion; spinal fusion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fusion" is a kind of...):
correction (treatment of a specific defect)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept
Synonyms:
fusion; optical fusion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fusion" is a kind of...):
beholding; seeing; visual perception (perception by means of the eyes)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An occurrence that involves the production of a union
Synonyms:
fusion; merger; unification
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fusion" is a kind of...):
union (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts)
Derivation:
fuse (mix together different elements)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
Synonyms:
fusion; nuclear fusion; nuclear fusion reaction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("fusion" is a kind of...):
nuclear reaction ((physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fusion"):
cold fusion (nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures; claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken)
thermonuclear reaction (a nuclear fusion reaction taking place at very high temperatures (as in the sun))
Sense 6
Meaning:
The merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("fusion" is a kind of...):
linguistic process (a process involved in human language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fusion"):
syncretism (the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections))
Sense 7
Meaning:
The state of being combined into one body
Synonyms:
coalition; fusion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fusion" is a kind of...):
unification; union (the state of being joined or united or linked)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fusion"):
alliance; confederation (the state of being allied or confederated)
federalisation; federalization (the state of being under federal control)
Context examples:
Some mechanisms of disruption involve the effect of fusion proteins that are generated by chromosomal translocations on haematopoietic transcription factors.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
The variant fusion partners include NUMA1, ZBTB16, STAT5B, and NPM1.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with a Variant RARA Translocation, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute myeloid leukemia associated with inv(3)(q21q26.2) or t(3;3)(q21;q26.2) resulting in the expression of RPN1-EVI1 fusion protein.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with inv(3)(q21q26.2) or t(3;3)(q21;q26.2); RPN1-EVI1, NCI Thesaurus)
A long-acting, recombinant fusion polypeptide consisting of interferon alpha-2b (IFNa-2b) linked to human albumin (alb-IFN), with antiviral and immunomodulatory activity.
(Albinterferon Alfa-2b, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a type of fusion protein and a type of immunosuppressant.
(Alefacept, NCI Dictionary)
A fusion protein encoded by the MLL/ABI1 fusion gene.
(MLL/ABI1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
Expression of a fusion protein that results from the insertion mutation ins(5;11)(q31;q13q23), which involves the human genes MLL and AFF1 and is associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
(MLL-AF4 Fusion Protein Expression, NCI Thesaurus)
A fusion protein (~2250 aa, ~240 kDa) encoded by the MLL/AFF1 fusion gene.
(MLL/AFF1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
A fusion protein encoded by the MLL/AFF3 fusion gene.
(MLL/AFF3 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
A fusion protein encoded by the MLL/ARHGEF12 fusion gene.
(MLL/ARHGEF12 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
