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SPARING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Avoiding waste

Example:

'scotch' is used only informally

Synonyms:

economical; frugal; scotch; sparing; stinting

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

thrifty (careful and diligent in the use of resources)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb spare

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 Context examples: 

This results in the death of T cells causing GVHD while sparing the virus reactive T-cells.

(Allodepleted Haploidentical T Cells-expressing Inducible Caspase 9, NCI Thesaurus)

There is relative sparing of extraocular and bulbar muscles.

(Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

As I felt bound to assist him in this, and also to mediate between them; with the view of sparing the mother's feelings as much as possible, I wrote to her that night.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

When conjugated with a radioactive isotope, Lym-1 monoclonal antibody selectively transports the cytotoxic radioisotope to HLA-Dr10-expressing tumor cells, thereby sparing healthy B-cells and normal tissues.

(Monoclonal Antibody Lym-1, NCI Thesaurus)

A protease inhibitor that is designed to target the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease while sparing other host cell proteases.

(HIV Protease Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent might be used to deliver therapeutic agents specifically to IL-11Ra-expressing tumor cells while sparing normal cells.

(Bone Metastasis Targeting Peptide-11, NCI Thesaurus)

I think nobody can justly accuse me of sparing myself upon any occasion, but really I cannot do everything at once.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

An aldosterone antagonist with potassium-sparing diuretic activity.

(Canrenone, NCI Thesaurus)

Solutions containing dextrose restore blood glucose levels, provide calories, may aid in minimizing liver glycogen depletion and exerts a protein-sparing action.

(Dextrose Monohydrate, NCI Thesaurus)

With a half-life of 17 days, palladium 103 administered with brachytherapy allows continuous, tumor-site specific low-energy irradiation to the tumor cell population while sparing normal adjacent tissues from radiotoxicity.

(Palladium Pd-103, NCI Thesaurus)