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INDUCING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of bringing about a desired result

Example:

inducement of sleep

Synonyms:

inducement; inducing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("inducing" is a kind of...):

causation; causing (the act of causing something to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inducing"):

corruption (inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony))

Derivation:

induce (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner)

induce (cause to arise)

induce (cause to occur rapidly)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb induce

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 Context examples: 

An arotinoic acid derivative with a morpholine structure in the polar end group with differentiation inducing and antineoplastic activity.

(Mofarotene, NCI Thesaurus)

Trk activates Mek5, which activates Erk5, inducing phosphorylation of the CREB and Mef2 transcription factors.

(Neuronal Survival Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Nimodipine inhibits the transmembrane influx of calcium ions in response to depolarization in smooth muscle cells, thereby inhibiting vascular smooth muscle contraction and inducing vasodilatation.

(Nimodipine, NCI Thesaurus)

Because of Fc engineering, this agent may be significantly more potent than rituximab in inducing B cell-directed ADCC.

(Ocaratuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)

An informal grouping of rna-containing viruses that are capable of inducing tumors.

(Oncornavirus, NCI Thesaurus)

Activated EGFR also interacts with and tyrosine-phosphorylates SHC3, inducing an association with GRB2.

(Neuronal SHC, NCI Thesaurus)

They appear to prevent carcinogenesis by inducing tumor cell apoptosis.

(Navy Bean Powder, NCI Thesaurus)

After binding to CD30, this agent interferes with the G1 phase of the cell cycle, thereby inducing growth arrest and apoptosis in susceptible tumor cell populations.

(Monoclonal Antibody SGN-30, NCI Thesaurus)

N-(2-carboxyphenyl)retinamide may bind to and activate retinoic acid receptors (RARs), thereby inducing changes in the expression of certain genes leading to cell differentiation and decreased cell proliferation in susceptible cells.

(N-(2-Carboxyphenyl)Retinamide, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic analogue of retinoic acid with differentiation inducing and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Namirotene, NCI Thesaurus)