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RESPONSIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("responsiveness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Antonym:
unresponsiveness (the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events)
Derivation:
responsive (readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Responsive to stimulation
Synonyms:
reactivity; responsiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("responsiveness" is a kind of...):
sensibility; sensitiveness; sensitivity ((physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "responsiveness"):
excitability; irritability (excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part)
Context examples:
Any of the synthetic agents that inhibit or antagonize the biosynthesis or biologic effects of oxytocin by either antagonizing the responsiveness of oxytocin sensitive tissues or competing with its binding sites.
(Oxytocin Antagonist, NCI Thesaurus)
Substances that inhibit or antagonize the biosynthesis or biologic effects of androgens by either antagonizing the responsiveness of androgen sensitive tissues or competing with their binding sites.
(Anti-Androgen, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 1 protein, is involved both in interleukin-1-induced up-regulation of the transcription factor NF-kappa B and in regulation of responsiveness to bacterial endotoxins.
(IRAK1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
The termination of the cell's ability to carry out vital functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, responsiveness, and adaptability.
(Cell Death Process, NCI Thesaurus)
Substances that inhibit or antagonize the biosynthesis or biologic effects of estrogens by either antagonizing the responsiveness of estrogen sensitive tissues or competing with their binding sites.
(Antiestrogen, NCI Thesaurus)
This means we could harness Rider to breed crops that are better adapted to drought stress by providing drought responsiveness to genes already present in crops.
(Harnessing tomato jumping genes could help speed-breed drought-resistant crops, University of Cambridge)
Diminished responsiveness characterized by trancelike states and by rigidity of muscles; patient tends to remain in any position in which he is placed.
(Catalepsy, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
Although caloric restriction has not been demonstrated experimentally to increase human lifespan, short-term changes in physiological measures like insulin responsiveness have been observed.
(Longevity Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
An abnormal responsiveness or morbid excitability of an organ, its part, or entire organism or its part to stimuli.
(Irritability, NCI Thesaurus)
A condition characterized by inactivity, decreased responsiveness to stimuli, and a tendency to maintain an immobile posture.
(Catalepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
