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IN PARTICULAR
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Specifically or especially distinguished from others
Example:
trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular
Synonyms:
in particular; particularly
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Context examples:
This condition is associated with lesions of the dominant hemisphere involving the language areas, in particular the TEMPORAL LOBE.
(Anomia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
People at high genetic risk of stroke can still reduce their chance of having a stroke by sticking to a healthy lifestyle, in particular stopping smoking and not being overweight.
(A healthy lifestyle cuts stroke risk, irrespective of genetic risk, University of Cambridge)
In particular, they are looking at polarized light, both from the early universe and from dust in our galaxy as shown in the new map.
(Planck Takes Magnetic Fingerprint of Our Galaxy, JPL/NASA)
In particular, an increase in X-ray and radio brightness of the supernova remnant with time, is expected only if a white dwarf merger took place.
(Trigger for Milky Way’s Youngest Supernova Identified, NASA)
This study provides additional evidence for a connection between the gut and the brain, and in particular outlines how gut bacteria may influence behavior, including movement.
(Gut bacteria may control movement, National Institutes of Health)
In particular, phosphorylation of the BCR complex leads to the recruitment and activation of the PTK Syk, which in turn promotes phosphorylation of PLCg, Shc and Vav.
(BCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
But concern was raised several years ago when numerous studies found BPA increases the risk of various health issues, in particular obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
(Do Food Container Chemicals Make Us Fat?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Parabens were found in all the products studied—in particular ethylparaben, followed by methylparaben—but in average concentrations lower than those of bisphenol A and with less pronounced differences between store type.
(Nine out of ten pairs of baby socks on the market contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens, University of Granada)
This agent may stimulate the production of T-lymphocytes, in particular the helper T (Th1) cells, activate macrophages, and increase levels of interleukin 2 and interferon gamma.
(Golotimod, NCI Thesaurus)
Recent studies have revealed that chromatin structure can be altered by covalent modification of nucleosomes, in particular acetylation and methylation of the core histone tails.
(Gene Silencing Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
