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IX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
Synonyms:
9; ennead; IX; Nina from Carolina; nine; niner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("IX" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten
Synonyms:
9; ix; nine
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
This prevents the activation of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors II, VII, IX, and X and the anticoagulant proteins C and S, which abrogates both thrombin production and thrombus formation.
(Phenprocoumon, NCI Thesaurus)
An X-linked inherited bleeding disorder caused by deficiency of the coagulation factor IX.
(Hemophilia B, NCI Thesaurus)
The complex binds to and irreversibly inactivates thrombin and other activated clotting factors IX, X, XI, and XII and prevents the transformation of fibrinogen to fibrin.
(Heparin Calcium, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the biological activity of factor IX in a biological specimen.
(Factor IX Activity Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Methazolamide inhibits tumor-associated carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX), which may result in increased cell death in hypoxic tumors.
(Methazolamide, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the amount of factor IX present in a sample.
(Factor IX Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
Within 4 months of receiving the modified gene therapy, the patients’ blood levels of factor IX activity increased from less than 1% of normal to between 1% and 6% of normal.
(Gene Therapy Used to Treat Hemophilia, NIH)
Autologous dendritic cells (DCs) transduced with a recombinant, replication-defective adenoviral vector expressing the fusion gene granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and carbonic anhydrase IX (CA-IX or CA9) (GMCA-9), with potential immunomodulating activity.
(AdGMCAIX-transduced Autologous Dendritic Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is a metabolic pro-drug that is converted into the photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), which accumulates intracellularly.
(Aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon administration, anti-TF monoclonal antibody ALT-836 binds to TF or the TF-Factor VIIa (FVIIa) complex preventing binding and activation of Factor X (FX) and Factor IX (FIX).
(Anti-TF Monoclonal Antibody ALT-836, NCI Thesaurus)
