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ADMIX
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they admix ... he / she / it admixes
Past simple: admixed
Past participle: admixed
-ing form: admixing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mix or blend
Example:
Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "admix" is one way to...):
blend; coalesce; combine; commingle; conflate; flux; fuse; immix; meld; merge; mix (mix together different elements)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
admixture (the act of mixing together)
admixture (an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base)
Context examples:
A malignant mixed germ cell tumor characterized by the presence of a choriocarcinomatous component admixed with another germ cell component (e.g. embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, or seminoma).
(Choriocarcinoma Combined with Other Germ Cell Elements, NCI Thesaurus)
The two carcinomatous components may be admixed within the tumor, or the two may appear separately in different areas.
(Colon Adenosquamous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare tumor containing unequivocal elements of both hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma that are intimately admixed.
(Combined Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of microvacuolated columnar cells that are admixed with small numbers of goblet cells.
(Colorectal Microvesicular Hyperplastic Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
It presents as a cystic mass that contains sebaceous material admixed with hairs.
(Ovarian Dermoid Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)
A group of invasive breast carcinomas characterized by the presence of an adenocarcinomatous component which is admixed with a dominant component that is composed of squamous cells, spindle cells, or mesenchymal cells.
(Metaplastic Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A cancer vaccine based on the immunogenic ganglioside GM2, The GM2-KLH Vaccine/QS21 vaccine consists of GM2 conjugated with KLH keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), a potent immunostimulant, and is admixed with the adjuvant QS21, a saponin fraction extracted from the bark of the South American tree Quillaja saponaria Molina.
(GM2-KLH Vaccine/QS21, NCI Thesaurus)
