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AFFECTING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arousing affect
Example:
his gratitude was simple and touching
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
moving (arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb affect
Context examples:
An acute or chronic infectious process affecting a mucosal surface.
(Mucosal Infection, NCI Thesaurus)
A primary bone osteosarcoma affecting multiple bone sites.
(Multifocal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The researchers studied over 1,500 mother-child pairs and found that just under a half (45%) of individuals within these pairs harboured mutations affecting at least 1% of their mitochondrial DNA.
(Interplay between mitochondria and the nucleus may have implications for changing cell’s ‘batteries’, University of Cambridge)
Because her physicians suspected she might have a primary immune deficiency — a genetic abnormality affecting her immune system — they performed a genetic analysis.
(Scientists discover rare genetic susceptibility to common cold, National Institutes of Health)
But the population growth trend is not affecting all European countries.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
This shows that when we engage in rewarding activities like eating, we are inadvertently affecting our biological rhythms.
(Neurons That Control Brain's Body Clock Identified, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
By watching the rocking motion of the two aurorae, scientists were able to determine that a large amount of saltwater exists beneath Ganymede’s crust affecting its magnetic field.
(Hubble Observations Suggest Underground Ocean on Jupiter's Largest Moon, NASA)
An acral lentiginous melanoma affecting mucosal surfaces.
(Mucosal Lentiginous Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The region's chemistry changes periodically, especially its levels of phosphorous and iron, ultimately affecting its biological productivity.
(North Pacific Ocean fertilized by iron in Asian dust, National Science Foundation)
Inflammatory diseases affecting the whole body are caused by mutations in genes like OTULIN that are part of a person’s innate immunity (the cells and proteins present at birth that fight infections).
(Researchers discover otulipenia, a new inflammatory disease, NIH)
