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LETHAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of an instrument of certain death
Example:
a lethal injection
Synonyms:
deadly; lethal
Classified under:
Similar:
fatal (bringing death)
Derivation:
lethality (the quality of being deadly)
Context examples:
This rearrangement is associated with a rare, aggressive, and lethal carcinoma arising in midline organs of young people.
(BRD4/C15orf55 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in a rare translocation t(15;9)(q14;q34) with the C15orf55 gene that is associated with a rare, aggressive, and lethal carcinoma arising in midline organs of young people.
(BRD3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This procedure reduced the number of lethal mutations so that this line can be used for parthenogenesis.
(AB Zebrafish, NCI Thesaurus)
This inhibits the religation of topoisomerase I-mediated single-stranded DNA breaks and produces potentially lethal double-stranded DNA breaks when encountered by the DNA replication machinery, resulting in the inhibition of DNA replication and apoptosis.
(Mureletecan, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare, highly aggressive and lethal carcinoma that affects children and young adults.
(NUT Midline Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition to protecting against the lethal side effects of radiation, c-MYC inhibitors are used in cancer treatment, which means that they may have dual efficacy.
(New Way Discovered for Protecting against High-Dose Radiation Damage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A chromosomal aberration t(15;19)(q13;p13.1) involving the gene and the human C15orf55 gene is associated with a lethal midline thoracic, head and neck carcinoma.
(BRD4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas.
(Bischloroethylsulfide, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Collaborators administered a lethal dose of Zaire ebolavirus to 4 rhesus macaques, then treated 3 of the animals, beginning a day later, with a mixture of the mAbs for 3 consecutive days.
(Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys, NIH)
My legs are not so quick to run as once; and I am not used to ride so long or to pursue as need be, or to fight with lethal weapons.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
