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KEYHOLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The hole where a key is inserted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("keyhole" is a kind of...):
hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)
Holonyms ("keyhole" is a part of...):
lock (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)
Context examples:
He rose and showed a double-radiating disc round the keyhole.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A peptide vaccine, containing human tumor-associated epithelial mucin (MUC1) conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antineoplastic activity.
(MUC1-KLH Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A peptide vaccine containing human mucin 2 (MUC2) protein conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antineoplastic activity.
(MUC-2-KLH Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A chimeric lymphoma vaccine generated by combining the recipient's Ig idiotype (Id) protein with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), an immune stimulant, with potential antineoplastic activity.
(KLH-Lymphoma Ig Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A peptide vaccine containing an epitope of human tumor-associated KSA antigen (Ep-CAM) conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antineoplastic activity.
(KSA-KLH Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A cell-based vaccine composed of allogeneic dendritic cells (DC), pulsed with patient-specific non-Hodgkin's lymphoma idiotype (Id) determinants conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antitumor activity.
(Dendritic Cell-Idiotype-Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A carbohydrate-based immunostimulant comprised of the Globo H hexasaccharide 1 (Globo H) epitope linked to the immunostimulant carrier protein keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Globo H-KLH Immunostimulant OPT-822, NCI Thesaurus)
And I'll—I'll— Peggotty fell to kissing the keyhole, as she couldn't kiss me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Then he stood up, looked into the keyhole, blew into it, and turning to his employers, made some remark.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I noticed it, Mr. Holmes, but you’ll always find scratches round a keyhole.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
