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LARGER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large or big relative to something else
Synonyms:
bigger; larger
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Context examples:
When it is made in larger than normal amounts by cancer cells, the cells may grow more quickly and be more likely to spread to other parts of the body.
(c-erbB-2 positive, NCI Dictionary)
A protein found on epithelial cells that is part of a larger protein called MUC 1.
(CA 15-3, NCI Dictionary)
Larger, older, and stronger, Lip- lip had selected White Fang for his special object of persecution.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The boat was near enough for us to make out that it was larger than any sealing boat and built on different lines.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Biotin is present in larger amounts in some cancer tissue than in normal tissue.
(Biotin, NCI Dictionary)
This causes the bones of the hands, feet, head, and face to grow larger than normal.
(Acromegaly, NCI Dictionary)
Nonmalignant tumors may grow larger but do not spread to other parts of the body.
(Non-Malignant, NCI Dictionary)
NHLs can occur at any age and are often marked by lymph nodes that are larger than normal, fever, and weight loss.
(NHL, NCI Dictionary)
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas can occur at any age and are often marked by lymph nodes that are larger than normal, fever, and weight loss.
(non-Hodgkin lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)
Having a narrow part by which some larger part is attached.
(Pedunculate, NCI Thesaurus)
