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DEPOSITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office
Synonyms:
deposition; dethronement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("deposition" is a kind of...):
ouster; ousting (the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out)
Derivation:
depose (force to leave (an office))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of putting something somewhere
Synonyms:
deposit; deposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("deposition" is a kind of...):
buildup (the act of building up an accumulation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deposition"):
repositing; reposition; storage; warehousing (depositing in a warehouse)
Derivation:
deposit (put (something somewhere) firmly)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("deposition" is a kind of...):
examination; interrogation; interrogatory (formal systematic questioning)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
depose (make a deposition; declare under oath)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The natural process of laying down a deposit of something
Synonyms:
deposit; deposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("deposition" is a kind of...):
accretion; accumulation (an increase by natural growth or addition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deposition"):
electrodeposition (the deposition of a substance on an electrode by the action of electricity (especially by electrolysis))
pigmentation (the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings)
redeposition (deposition from one deposit to another)
superposition ((geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another)
Context examples:
This category includes plasma cell myeloma, plasma cell leukemia, plasmacytoma, monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease, and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance.
(Plasma Cell Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
I thank you, replied I; listen, therefore, to the deposition that I have to make.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The tumor tissue may be passively targeted due to preferential deposition of emulsion particles while an emulsion formulation component inhibits the P-glycoprotein drug efflux pump.
(Paclitaxel Vitamin E-Based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by benign depositions of calcium in the posterior longitudinal ligament.
(Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)
Deposition of calcium in the renal parenchyma, resulting from high levels of calcium in the blood and/or urine.
(Nephrocalcinosis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is further characterized by an inflammatory reaction in the glomerular capillaries due to the deposition of immune complexes and subsequent thickening of the glomerular basement membrane.
(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Membranous Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is further characterized by an inflammatory reaction in the filtering capillaries and the deposition of plasma components between the endothelium and glomerular basement membrane.
(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Segmental Hyalinosis, NCI Thesaurus)
In the bone matrix, PC-1 is the major producer of PPi, which in turn has an inhibitory effect on hydroxyapatite deposition.
(Bone Mineralization Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Deposition of calcium in the tissues.
(Calcification, NCI Thesaurus)
The form of primary amyloid in amyloidoma is characterized by abnormal deposition of light chain proteins composed of monoclonal immunoglobulin.
(Amyloidoma, NCI Thesaurus)
