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NEIGHBORING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
Example:
neighboring cities
Synonyms:
adjacent; conterminous; contiguous; neighboring
Classified under:
Similar:
connected (joined or linked together)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb neighbor
Context examples:
An area of hepatocytes between zone 1 and 3 in which the cells display properties intermediate to both neighboring zones.
(Liver Acinus Zone 2, NCI Thesaurus)
Activation of Notch by binding with its ligand on the surface of neighboring cells is involved in several developmental pathways, helping to determine cell fate.
(Notch Proteolysis and Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
After tumor cell lysis, released viruses infect neighboring tumor cells, tripping a chain of ONYX-015-mediated tumor cell cytotoxicity.
(ONYX-015, NCI Thesaurus)
A abnormal, congenital formation or mark on the skin or neighboring mucosa that does not show neoplastic growth.
(Non-Neoplastic Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)
It shows anaplastic features and usually invades neighboring brain structures.
(Choroid Plexus Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)
The complex relationships between tumor cells and the neighboring cells in the host environment.
(Cell Microenvironment, NCI Thesaurus)
Interferon-beta binds to its receptor on neighboring osteoclast precursor cells to block RANK-ligand signaling and down-regulate c-Fos expression, inhibiting further osteoclast differentiation.
(Bone Remodeling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
AJs mediate adhesion between cells, communicate a signal that neighboring cells are present, and anchor the actin cytoskeleton.
(Beta Catenin, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)
It is characterized by a high degree of cellular differentiation, slow growth, and diffuse infiltration of neighboring brain structures.
(Adult Diffuse Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant astrocytic neoplasm characterized by a high degree of cellular differentiation, slow growth, and diffuse infiltration of neighboring brain structures.
(Diffuse Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
