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ATTENUATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

Derivation:

attenuate (weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Weakening in force or intensity

Example:

attenuation in the volume of the sound

Synonyms:

attenuation; fading

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

weakening (becoming weaker)

Derivation:

attenuate (become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude)

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 Context examples: 

This allele, which encodes axin-1 protein, is involved in the attenuation of the Wnt protein signaling cascade.

(AXIN1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The next step in the attenuation of GPCR signaling is receptor desensitization, in which receptors are modified to no longer transduce a signal even if the stimulus is still present.

(Attenuation of GPCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This allele, which encodes BMP and activin membrane-bound inhibitor homolog protein, may play a role in the attenuation of transforming growth factor-beta signaling.

(BAMBI wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes BAG family molecular chaperone regulator 5 protein, is involved in attenuation of the chaperone activity of heat shock protein 70.

(BAG5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes connector enhancer of kinase suppressor of Ras 1 protein, is involved in receptor tyrosine kinase signaling attenuation.

(CNKSR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Herbs used in Chinese Herbal Therapy for toxicity attenuation.

(Chinese Herbs, NCI Thesaurus)

The count rates of a detector are adjusted to values as if there were no attenuation along the gamma's path.

(Attenuation Correction, NCI Thesaurus)

Pidilizumab blocks interaction between the receptor PD-1 with its ligands, PD-1 ligand 1 (PD-1L1) and PD-1 ligand 2 (PD-1L2), resulting in the attenuation of apoptotic processes in lymphocytes, primarily effector/memory T cells, and the augmentation of the anti-tumor activities of NK cells.

(Pidilizumab, NCI Thesaurus)

Coronary artery inflammation particularly affects perivascular fat—the fat tissue surrounding arteries—by changing its composition, making it attenuated, or less fatty, as captured by the perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI), which researchers in the current study used to measure the effects of the biologics on coronary inflammation.

(Psoriasis therapy linked to reduced coronary inflammation in patients with the skin condition, National Institutes of Health)

They are formed into small globular masses of various sizes, and are medicated by placing them in a vial and adding the liquid drug attenuation in the proportion not less than one percent (v/w).

(Globule Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)