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ALTERING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sterilization of an animal

Example:

they took him to the vet for neutering

Synonyms:

altering; fixing; neutering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("altering" is a kind of...):

sterilisation; sterilization (the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "altering"):

castration; emasculation (neutering a male animal by removing the testicles)

spaying (neutering a female by removing the ovaries)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb alter

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 Context examples: 

Climate change is altering weather and climate patterns that previously have been relatively stable.

(Climate Change, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Another target of delta-FosB is the dynorphin gene, the ligand for the kappa opioid receptor, further altering reward responses to drugs.

(FosB Drug-induction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Ethotoin influences synaptic transmission by altering sodium and calcium ion influx across neuronal membranes in the repolarization, depolarization, and membrane stability phase and interferes with the calcium uptake in presynaptic terminals.

(Ethotoin, NCI Thesaurus)

Chemically unstable, free radicals stabilize themselves by appropriating an electron from a nearby molecule, thereby damaging that molecule by altering the electron number in its outermost electron shell.

(Free radical, NCI Thesaurus)

Appropriating electron(s) from a nearby molecule and damaging that molecule by altering the electron number in its outermost electron shell, Free Radicals produce tissue damage.

(Free Radical Formation, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition to altering cell adhesion, proliferation, and cell motility, HGF alters cellular transcription through activation of STAT3.

(Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

They are hormone-like substances that act near the site of synthesis without altering functions throughout the body.

(Eicosanoid, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Econazole nitrate inhibits biosynthesis of ergosterol, thereby damaging the fungal cell wall membrane and altering its permeability which leads to a loss of essential intracellular components.

(Econazole Nitrate, NCI Thesaurus)

An article intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on or introduced into or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness or altering the appearance.

(Cosmetic, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

The cricothyroid muscle is innervated by the superior laryngeal nerve's external branch and acts to tense the vocal cords thus altering voice pitch.

(Cricothyroid Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)