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CLONE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unauthorized copy or imitation

Synonyms:

clone; knockoff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction

Synonyms:

clon; clone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Derivation:

clone (make multiple identical copies of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who is almost identical to another

Synonyms:

clone; dead ringer; ringer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

double; image; look-alike (someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor))

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make multiple identical copies of

Example:

people can clone a sheep nowadays

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "clone" is one way to...):

copy; re-create (make a replica of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

clone (a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Neuregulin-1 was first cloned as "heregulin" and "neu differentiation factor" and was initially thought to be a ligand for ErbB2, which is overexpressed in about 25% of women with breast cancer.

(Neuregulin 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A shared facility which usually provides services for DNA and RNA isolation and DNA cloning and sequencing.

(Nucleic Acid Core Facility, NCI Thesaurus)

A breast carcinoma characterized by the presence of multiple cancerous tumors that originate from different clones and are usually located in different quadrants of the breast.

(Multicentric Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The MADH4 gene is a cloned gene for Juvenile Polyposis, associated with colon cancer.

(Mothers Against Decapentaplegic Homolog 4, NCI Thesaurus)

In BMT, CMV infection may be prevented by passive immunization with donor-derived CMV-pp65-specific T-cell clones if provided early post-BMT.

(CMV N495 Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)

An antibody produced by a clone or genetically homogenous fast-growing cells i.e., hybridoma.

(Monoclonal antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of homogenous immunoglobulin resulting from the proliferation of a single clone of plasma cells in a biological specimen.

(Monoclonal Protein Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A process that generates and maintains a single pool of cells prepared from a selected cell clone under specific conditions.

(Cell Bank Maintenance, NCI Thesaurus)

Combining gene editing technique called CRISPR with cloning, Harvard scientists created piglets that do not harbor viruses harmful to humans.

(Scientist Move Closer to Pig-human Organ Transplants, VOA)

A "true human" (cloned from human B lymphocytes) monoclonal antibody directed against interleukin-1 alpha (IL1a) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Anti-IL-1 alpha Monoclonal Antibody CA-18C3, NCI Thesaurus)