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POTENTIAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Synonyms:
electric potential; potential; potential difference; potential drop; voltage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("potential" is a kind of...):
electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "potential"):
evoked potential (the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus)
resting potential (the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The inherent capacity for coming into being
Synonyms:
potency; potential; potentiality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("potential" is a kind of...):
possibility; possibleness (capability of existing or happening or being true)
Attribute:
possible; potential (existing in possibility)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "potential"):
latency (the state of being not yet evident or active)
chance; prospect (the possibility of future success)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Existing in possibility
Example:
possible uses of nuclear power
Synonyms:
possible; potential
Classified under:
Similar:
latent (potentially existing but not presently evident or realized)
Attribute:
potency; potential; potentiality (the inherent capacity for coming into being)
Antonym:
actual (presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible)
Derivation:
potency (the inherent capacity for coming into being)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Expected to become or be; in prospect
Example:
potential clients
Synonyms:
likely; potential
Classified under:
Similar:
prospective (of or concerned with or related to the future)
Derivation:
potency; potentiality (the inherent capacity for coming into being)
Context examples:
A replication-defective, E1- and E2b-deleted oncolytic adenoviral serotype 5 (Ad5) encoding an epitope of human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Adenoviral Vector Ad5-CEA(6D) Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A replication-deficient, recombinant adenovirus encoding human aquaporin-1 with potential membrane water channel activity.
(Adenovirus Encoding Human Aquaporin-1, NCI Thesaurus)
A replication-defective oncolytic adenovirus, encoding rat Her-2/neu (ErbB-2), with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Adenovirus Encoding Rat HER-2/neu, NCI Thesaurus)
An oligosaccharide anthracycline antibiotic isolated from strains of the bacterium Streptomyces galilaeus with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Aclacinomycin Antitumor Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)
A replication-defective, recombinant adenoviral serotype 5 (Ad5) encoding human guanylyl cyclase C (hGCC) and the synthetic Pan DR epitope (PADRE), with potential antineoplastic and immunomodulating activities.
(Adenovirus 5-Human Guanylyl Cyclase C-PADRE Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A tricyclic acridine-based (or carboxamide-based) drug with dual topoisomerase inhibitor and potential antineoplastic activities.
(Acridine carboxamide, NCI Thesaurus)
Autologous dendritic cells (DCs) transduced with the replication-deficient adenoviral vector Ad5F53 encoding the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transmembrane latent membrane proteins 1 and 2 (LMP1/LMP2) with potential immunostimulatory activity.
(Ad5F35-LMP1/LMP2-Transduced Autologous Dendritic Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
An RGD-4C-modified, infectivity-enhanced, bicistronic type 5 adenovirus expressing herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) gene, a therapeutic suicide gene, and the somatostatin receptor type 2 (SSTR2) gene with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Ad5.SSTR/TK.RGD, NCI Thesaurus)
A preparation of cells, which consists of autologous marrow infiltrating lymphocytes (MILs), that are manipulated in vitro, with potential antitumor and immune stimulating activities.
(Activated Marrow Infiltrating Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
A field of human genetics which entails the reliable prediction of certain human disorders as a function of the lineage and/or genetic makeup of any two parents or potential parents.
(Medical Genetics, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
