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PREFERENTIALLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a preferential manner

Example:

he was treated preferentially

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

preferential (manifesting partiality)

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 Context examples: 

In general, class B proteins preferentially bind to DNA as heterodimers with class A proteins and function as transcriptional activators.

(BHLH Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

A modification of the standard polymerase chain reaction that increases the ability to preferentially amplify mutant alleles in the presence of an excess of wild-type molecules.

(Peptide Nucleic Acid Clamping, NCI Thesaurus)

When the scientists exposed human T cells to tofacitinib—a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis—the activities of many genes controlled by SEs were preferentially affected.

(Autoimmune Disease Super-Regulators Uncovered, NIH)

Tumor endothelial cells may preferentially bind and internalize cationic liposomes.

(Cationic Liposome-Encapsulated Paclitaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

Motexafin gadolinium accumulates in tumor cells preferentially due to their increased rates of metabolism, generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) intracellularly and lowering the tumor cell apoptotic threshold to ionizing radiation and chemotherapy.

(Motexafin gadolinium, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the mechanism is unclear, carbon-11 acetate preferentially accumulates in tumor tissue, serving as a tracer for imaging tumors with positron emission tomography (PET).

(Carbon-11 acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on June 3, 2016 using a spectral filter which preferentially admits wavelengths of ultraviolet light centered at 338 nanometers.

(Regarding Rhea, NASA)

VEGF165 is preferentially involved in pathological ocular neovascularisation.

(Pegaptanib, NCI Thesaurus)

However, some hospitals preferentially give fresh red blood cells to critically ill children, even though clinical studies supporting the benefits of this practice have been lacking.

(Fresh red blood cell transfusions do not help critically ill children more than older cells, National Institutes of Health)

A CTLA-4 splice variant with a deleted transmembrane segment is preferentially expressed in non-activated T-cells.

(Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Protein 4, NCI Thesaurus)