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BE DUE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be the result of
Synonyms:
be due; flow from
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "be due" is one way to...):
ensue; result (issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something
Context examples:
These effects appear to be due to halofuginone-mediated inhibition of the collagen type I and MMP-2 promoters.
(Halofuginone hydrobromide, NCI Thesaurus)
This may be due to exogenous endorphin production release after stimulation.
(Piezo-Electric Current Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
This might partly be due to the fact that a lamp stood flaring and smoking on the centre table.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
None dared arrest him until there should be due inquiry, but when the coroner’s court brought wilful murder against him, the constables came for him in full cry.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 19p (where the responsible gene LKB1 is located) suggests that the increased risk of malignancy may be due to malignant transformation from hamartoma to adenocarcinoma. —2002
(Peutz-Jeghers Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
Although its mechanism of action is not fully known the effects seem to be due to an influence on the virus host-cell system.
(Moroxydine, NCI Thesaurus)
Observed in 35% to 100% of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, high serum ferritin levels may be due to ferritin production by the tumor cells, or related to the associated iron overload and/or cirrhosis.
(I 131 Antiferritin Immunoglobulin, NCI Thesaurus)
Part of its anti-diarrheal effect may be due to a reduction of gastro-intestinal secretion produced by opioid receptor binding in the intestinal mucosa.
(Loperamide, NCI Thesaurus)
Although the exact mechanism through which metaxalone exerts its effect is largely unknown, it might be due to general central nervous system (CNS) depression.
(Metaxalone, NCI Thesaurus)
Sudden weight gain can be due to medicines, thyroid problems, heart failure, and kidney disease.
(Body Weight, NIH)
