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PRIMED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(usually followed by 'to' or 'for') on the point of or strongly disposed
Example:
we are set to go at any time
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Similar:
ready (completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb prime
Context examples:
This means that the tropical region primed for creating OH will potentially increase over time, leading to a higher amount of OH in the atmosphere.
(Greenhouse Gas ‘Detergent’ Recycles Itself in Atmosphere, NASA)
After several priming injections with plasmids, the Melan A and tyrosinase synthetic epitope analogs are injected directly into lymph nodes; upon binding to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on APC cell surfaces, these synthetic epitope analogs may stimulate a primed cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against melanoma tumor cells, resulting in tumor cell lysis.
(Immunotherapy Regimen MKC-1106-MT, NCI Thesaurus)
When exposed to the laser, the primed mice would first stalk and then pounce on and bite any object in their enclosure, even objects without any food scent or prey value, like sticks and bottle caps.
(Geneticists produce laser-activated killer mice, Wikinews)
Administration of filgrastim-primed PBPCs following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation provides increased numbers of progenitor cells which may prevent pancytopenia and relapse.
(Filgrastim-primed Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
