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POSITIVELY CHARGED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a positive charge
Example:
protons are positive
Synonyms:
electropositive; positive; positively charged
Classified under:
Similar:
charged (of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge)
Context examples:
A flavonoid with a positively charged oxygen in the pyran moiety that has 5 double bonds in the benzopyran group.
(Anthocyanidin, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
Lined by highly conserved residues, the positively charged groove of the superhelix appears to mediate interaction with acidic surfaces of target proteins.
(Armadillo Repeat, NCI Thesaurus)
Snow is positively charged, while silicon is negatively charged.
(Nanogenerator Creates Electricity from Snowfall, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Unlike naltrexone and due to the presence of a positively charged nitrogen atom in methylnaltrexone, this agent does not cross the blood-brain barrier and does not affect the centrally-mediated analgesic effect of opioids.
(Methylnaltrexone bromide, NCI Thesaurus)
Chlorhexidine is positively charged and reacts with the negatively charged microbial cell surface, thereby destroying the integrity of the cell membrane.
(Chlorhexidine, NCI Thesaurus)
A positively charged, non-digestible, triamine and epoxypropane copolymer anion-exchange resin that binds to bile acids in the intestine to form an insoluble complex, which is excreted in the feces.
(Colestipol, NCI Thesaurus)
Chlorhexidine gluconate is positively charged and reacts with the negatively charged microbial cell surface, thereby destroying the integrity of the cell membrane.
(Chlorhexidine Gluconate, NCI Thesaurus)
Scientists believe the tholin particles form high in the atmosphere, where ultraviolet sunlight breaks apart and ionizes nitrogen and methane molecules and allows them to react with one another to form more and more complex negatively and positively charged ions.
(New Horizons Finds Blue Skies and Water Ice on Pluto, NASA)
They were able to identify optimal percentages of hydrophobic amino acids and positively charged amino acids, and they also identified a cluster of amino acids where any changes would impair the overall function of the molecule.
(Venom of Wasp, Bee Repurposed as Antibiotic Drug, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A hydrochloride salt form of colestipol, a positively charged, non-digestible, triamine and epoxypropane copolymer anion-exchange resin that binds to bile acids in the intestine to form an insoluble complex, which is excreted in the feces.
(Colestipol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
