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HUMANIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they humanize ... he / she / it humanizes
Past simple: humanized
Past participle: humanized
-ing form: humanizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make more humane
Example:
The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city
Synonyms:
humanise; humanize
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "humanize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Antonym:
dehumanize (deprive of human qualities)
Derivation:
humanization (the act of making more human)
Context examples:
A humanized anti-idiotypic (anti-Id) monoclonal antibody (MoAb) that mimics the disialoganglioside GD2 with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.
(Monoclonal Antibody 4B5 Anti-Idiotype Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against the human A33 antigen.
(Monoclonal Antibody A33, NCI Thesaurus)
A humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the CD40 antigen with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Monoclonal Antibody SGN-14, NCI Thesaurus)
A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a pro-angiogenic cytokine.
(Monoclonal Antibody HuMV833, NCI Thesaurus)
A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against the pancreatic cancer antigen MUC1 with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Monoclonal Antibody HuPAM4, NCI Thesaurus)
A bispecific antibody containing a patented Trigger antibody and a humanized antibody that targets TAG-72.
(Monoclonal Antibody MDX-220, NCI Thesaurus)
A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against MUC1, a mucin glycoprotein overexpressed in breast and other carcinomas.
(Monoclonal Antibody HuHMFG1, NCI Thesaurus)
A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against the Lewis Y antigen, a tumor-associated epithelial antigen, with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Monoclonal Antibody Hu3S193, NCI Thesaurus)
A murine and humanized monoclonal antibody that targets epitopes of epithelial glycoprotein mucin (MUC-1) on breast cancer surfaces.
(Monoclonal Antibody BrE-3, NCI Thesaurus)
A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH-rP).
(Monoclonal Antibody CAL, NCI Thesaurus)
