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REPLICATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make or do or perform again

Example:

He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick

Synonyms:

double; duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "replicate" is one way to...):

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "replicate"):

copy; replicate (reproduce or make an exact copy of)

recapitulate (repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life)

geminate; reduplicate (form by reduplication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

replica (copy that is not the original; something that has been copied)

replication (the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reproduce or make an exact copy of

Example:

copy the genetic information

Synonyms:

copy; replicate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "replicate" is one way to...):

double; duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate (make or do or perform again)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something
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Derivation:

replication ((genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Bend or turn backward

Synonyms:

replicate; retroflex

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "replicate" is one way to...):

bend; flex (form a curve)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something
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 Context examples: 

Upon administration, the oncolytic adenovirus selectively infects and replicates in tumor cells, which may result in tumor cell lysis.

(GM-CSF-encoding Oncolytic Adenovirus CGTG-102, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, NDV specifically infects and replicates in cancer cells.

(Oncolytic Newcastle Disease Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Manipulated or engineered viruses having oncolytic properties to selectively replicate in and kill targeted cancer cells, leaving normal cells unharmed.

(Oncolytic virus, NCI Thesaurus)

An E1B-55kDa-deleted adenovirus that is able to selectively replicate in and lyse TP53-deficient human tumor cells.

(ONYX-015, NCI Thesaurus)

Viruses that replicate in and may produce diseases of higher plants.

(Plant Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Because the RL1 gene is deleted , HSV1716 is unable to replicate in non-dividing cells.

(Oncolytic HSV1716, NCI Thesaurus)

The oncolytic virus then selectively transfects and replicates in the tumor cells causing a direct cytotoxic effect and lysis of the tumor cells.

(Oncolytic Adenovirus ICOVIR5-infected Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

It is considered to be a subviral satellite because it requires the assistance of viral particles from hepatitis B virus to replicate and infect other hepatocytes.

(hepatitis D virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intratumoral injection, HSV1 HF10 transfects, replicates in, and lyses rapidly dividing cells such as tumor cells.

(HSV-1 HF10, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, the oncolytic adenovirus selectively infects and replicates in tumor cells, which may result in tumor cells lysis.

(Oncolytic Adenovirus Encoding GM-CSF, NCI Thesaurus)