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BEADS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Several beads threaded together on a string

Synonyms:

beads; string of beads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

string (a collection of objects threaded on a single strand)

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

prayer beads; rosary (a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics))

peag; wampum; wampumpeag (small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb bead

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 Context examples: 

DNA and RNA are polymers comprised of many nucleotides, strung together like beads in a necklace.

(Nucleotide, NCI Dictionary)

The sweat burst through the skin of his forehead in tiny beads, and he paused and mopped his bronzed face with his handkerchief.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Is it meant to use as you use the string of good-smelling wooden beads hanging over your glass?" asked Amy.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“This is their morning call. If ye will but deign to follow me, I will set them before you ere a man might tell his beads.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I saw Miss Murdstone lay her beads down.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Gp100 DNA is coated onto microscopic gold beads and used to immunize animals and generate polyclonal antibodies that specifically recognize gp100 antigen.

(gp100 cDNA/Gold Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

A sustained-release drug delivery embolization system containing small polymeric beads impregnated with the anthracycline antibiotic idarubicin with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Idarubicin-Eluting Beads, NCI Thesaurus)

A formulation of the anthracycline antibiotic doxorubicin in which doxorubicin is bound to microscopic beads of activated carbon and iron as a magnetic-targeted carrier (MTC).

(Doxorubicin-Magnetic Targeted Carrier Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

The beads consist of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) microspheres modified with sulfonic acid groups and loaded with doxorubicin.

(Doxorubicin-Eluting Beads, NCI Thesaurus)