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VISUALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make visible

Example:

With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized

Synonyms:

visualise; visualize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

Example:

I can see a risk in this strategy

Synonyms:

envision; fancy; figure; image; picture; project; see; visualise; visualize

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)

Verb group:

realise; realize; see; understand (perceive (an idea or situation) mentally)

visualise; visualize (form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

Did he visualize his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

visualization (a mental image that is similar to a visual perception)

visualizer (one whose prevailing mental imagery is visual)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract

Example:

Mathematicians often visualize

Synonyms:

visualise; visualize

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)

Verb group:

envision; fancy; figure; image; picture; project; see; visualise; visualize (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

View the outline of by means of an X-ray

Example:

The radiologist can visualize the cancerous liver

Synonyms:

visualise; visualize

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

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

catch; see; take in; view; watch (see or watch)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

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

image (render visible, as by means of MRI)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

The liver may be slightly enlarged, and oral and intravenous cholangiography fails to visualize the biliary tract.

(Dubin-Johnson Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Upon administration, the sulfonamide moiety of [F18]VM4-037 binds to the cell-surface tumor-associated antigen (TAA) carbonic anhydrase IX isoenzyme (CA-IX); CA-IX-expressing tumor cells can then be visualized using positron emission tomography (PET).

(Fluorine F 18-VM4-037, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, the bevacizumab moiety of bevacizumab-IRDye 800CW binds to VEGF and the fluorescent signal can be visualized using NIR fluorescence imaging (700-1,000 nm).

(Bevacizumab-IRDye 800CW, NCI Thesaurus)

An endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract up to the duodenum.

(Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, because gadobenate dimeglumine is excreted in the bile, it may be used to visualize the biliary system using MRI.

(Gadobenate dimeglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

The distribution of radioactivity is visualized by autoradiography.

(DNase-I Footprinting, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon PET imaging, tumor blood flow can be visualized and tumor perfusion can be assessed.

(Copper Cu 62-PTSM, NCI Thesaurus)

To visualize how these proteins choreograph DPC repair, one must first know how DPCs are created.

(DNA damage caused by cancer treatment reversed by ZATT protein, National Institutes of Health)

Lambart visualizes the mantle as connected reservoirs, like dots and lines on a canvas.

(Earth's mantle looks like a painting, National Science Foundation)

Subsequently, the A488 moiety can then be visualized by fluorescence-based imaging and the amount of PSMA-expressing tumor cells can be assessed.

(Anti-PSMA Monoclonal Antibody MDX1201-A488, NCI Thesaurus)