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EX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 24th letter of the Roman alphabet
Synonyms:
ex; X
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ex" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("ex" is a member of...):
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A woman who was formerly a particular man's wife
Example:
all his exes live in Texas
Synonyms:
ex; ex-wife
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ex" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
Synonyms:
ex; ex-husband
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ex" is a kind of...):
adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Out of fashion
Example:
outmoded ideas
Synonyms:
antique; demode; ex; old-fashioned; old-hat; outmoded; passe; passee
Classified under:
Similar:
unfashionable; unstylish (not in accord with or not following current fashion)
Context examples:
One potential method of NGF application would be through gene therapy or through implantation of cells that have been genetically modified ex vivo.
(Nerve Growth Factor Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Monocytes made cytotoxic by ex vivo incubation with cytokines, especially interferon-gamma.
(Monocyte, Activated Killer, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A cancer vaccine comprised of autologous dendritic cells (DCs) that have been transduced ex vivo with an adenoviral vector containing the CCL21 gene with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities.
(Autologous Dendritic Cell-Adenovirus CCL21 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Following isolation of lymphocytes, retroviral vector transduction, and expansion of the cells ex vivo, the inducible IL-12/anti-NY-ESO-1 TCR-expressing autologous PBLs are re-administered into the patient by intravenous injection.
(Autologous Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes Cotransduced with Retroviral Vectors Encoding Inducible IL-12 and Anti-NY-ESO-1 TCR, NCI Thesaurus)
The allogeneic EBV-specific CTLs are either harvested from a donor with an EBV-positive tumor or are donor CTLs activated against EBV-specific antigens ex vivo.
(Allogeneic Epstein-Barr Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
Human autologous T-lymphocytes are isolated and transduced ex vivo with a retrovirus encoding a chimeric immune receptor (CIR) consisting of an antibody fragment against PSMA fused with signaling domains of the T cell.
(Autologous Anti-PSMA Gene-Modified T-Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent is mainly used for ex vivo purposes, specifically for the inactivation of pathogens such as viruses, protozoa and bacteria in red blood cells (RBCs).
(Amustaline, NCI Thesaurus)
The autologous DCs are transduced ex vivo and express the GMCA-9 fusion protein on the cell surface.
(AdGMCAIX-transduced Autologous Dendritic Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
This category includes pleomorphic adenoma, carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma, and carcinosarcoma.
(Mixed Tumor of the Parotid Gland, NCI Thesaurus)
An umbilical cord blood product that has been expanded ex vivo and can be used during single umbilical cord blood transplantation.
(Expanded Umbilical Cord Blood Product HSC835, NCI Thesaurus)
