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BELONGING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Happiness felt in a secure relationship
Example:
with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("belonging" is a kind of...):
happiness (emotions experienced when in a state of well-being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "belonging"):
comfortableness (a feeling of being at ease in a relationship)
closeness; intimacy (a feeling of being intimate and belonging together)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb belong
Context examples:
Protein family consisting of 9 structurally related proteins belonging to the transforming growth factor beta superfamily.
(Bone Morphogenetic Protein, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
A vegetable belonging to the Brassica genus of plants in the mustard family with potential chemopreventive activity.
(Brassica vegetable, NCI Thesaurus)
A monosulfamyl belonging to the class of loop diuretics.
(Azosemide, NCI Thesaurus)
An opioid receptor agonist belonging to the piperidine class with analgesic activity.
(Anileridine, NCI Thesaurus)
The term includes individuals belonging to a large number of tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of them still enduring as communities.
(American Indian, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrochloride salt form of anileridine, an opioid receptor agonist belonging to the piperidine class with analgesic activity.
(Anileridine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
An orally bioavailable small molecule belonging to the azaspirane class of cationic amphiphilic agents with anti-inflammatory, antineoplastic, and antiangiogenic properties.
(Atiprimod, NCI Thesaurus)
MMP-9, a protein belonging to the MMP family, plays a key role in the degradation of collagens and proteoglycans; increased activity of MMP-9 has been associated with increased invasion and metastasis of cancer.
(Anti-MMP-9 Monoclonal Antibody GS-5745, NCI Thesaurus)
CXCR4, a chemokine receptor belonging to the G protein-coupled receptor family, plays an important role in chemotaxis and angiogenesis and is upregulated in several tumor cell types.
(Anti-CXCR4 Monoclonal Antibody MDX-1338, NCI Thesaurus)
An agent, also known as altizide, belonging to the class of thiazide diuretics with antihypertensive activity.
(Althiazide, NCI Thesaurus)
