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IDENTICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum
Example:
identical twins are monovular
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Antonym:
fraternal ((of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova)
Derivation:
identicalness (exact sameness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Coinciding exactly when superimposed
Example:
identical triangles
Synonyms:
identical; superposable
Classified under:
Similar:
congruent (coinciding when superimposed)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having properties with uniform values along all axes
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
isotropic; isotropous (invariant with respect to direction)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Derivation:
identicalness (exact sameness)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
Example:
they wore indistinguishable hats
Synonyms:
identical; indistinguishable
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Adjectives
Similar:
same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)
Derivation:
identicalness; identity (exact sameness)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Being the exact same one; not any other:
Example:
the very man I want to see
Synonyms:
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Adjectives
Similar:
same (same in identity)
Derivation:
identicalness; identity (exact sameness)
Context examples:
So, Arm A and B must have identical blindedDescriptions.
(Planned Activity Blinded Description, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
The transplant of an organ, tissue, or cells from one individual to another individual of the same species who is not an identical twin.
(Allograft, NCI Dictionary)
In chemistry, a substance that is similar, but not identical, to another.
(Analog, NCI Dictionary)
It is similar but not identical to thalidomide.
(CC-1088, NCI Dictionary)
It is usually associated with the presence of identical tumors outside the central nervous system.
(Central Nervous System Histiocytic and Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A recombinant therapeutic agent which is chemically identical to or similar to the endogenous cytokine interleukin 11 (IL-11).
(Oprelvekin, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant (clonal) proliferation of plasma cells that are cytologically and immunophenotypically identical to those of plasma cell myeloma, but manifest a localized osseous or extraosseous growth pattern.
(Plasmacytoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
Morphologically, it is identical to seminoma and consists of a monotonous population of germ cells with abundant pale cytoplasm and uniform nuclei.
(Ovarian Dysgerminoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A stem cell transplant may be autologous (a patient’s own blood cells saved earlier), allogeneic (blood cells donated by someone else), or syngeneic (blood cells donated by an identical twin).
(Peripheral blood stem cell transplant, NCI Dictionary)
A class of dietary sterols present in plants with chemical structures nearly identical to cholesterol.
(Phytosterol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
