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REDUCING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer
Example:
a doctor supervised her reducing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("reducing" is a kind of...):
loss (gradual decline in amount or activity)
Derivation:
reduce (take off weight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
Synonyms:
reducing; reduction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("reducing" is a kind of...):
chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)
Derivation:
reduce (to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb reduce
Context examples:
Used systemically or topically, natural or synthetic Antirheumatic Preparations relieve and control the symptoms of rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis) by reducing inflammation and pain, or reinstating mobility and function of articulations.
(Antirheumatic Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)
Farmers are reducing the environmental impacts of pesticide use by attracting birds of prey to their lands.
(American kestrels, most common predatory birds in U.S., can reduce need for pesticide use, National Science Foundation)
This genetic structure promotes long-term evolution of new species by reducing intermixing with others.
(Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them, University of Cambridge)
The granules in the cell stain readily with chromium and silver salts without pretreatment with a reducing agent.
(Argentaffin Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
Drug treatment to block the action of aromatases, thereby reducing estrogen biosynthesis.
(Aromatase Inhibition Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
Agents that are used to treat hyperthyroidism by reducing the excessive production of thyroid hormones.
(Antithyroid Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It may even have health benefits, including reducing your risk of certain heart problems.
(Alcohol, NIH: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
A natural anthraquinone derivative, anti-psoriatic and anti-inflammatory Anthralin (dithranol) controls skin growth by reducing DNA synthesis and mitotic activity in the hyperplastic epidermis, restoring a normal rate of cell proliferation and keratinization.
(Anthralin, NCI Thesaurus)
She was particularly proud of her turn for business; and she showed it now in reducing everything to pen and ink, and being moved by nothing.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
This agent also serves as a reducing cofactor with the hydroperoxidase moiety of cyclooxygenase and accelerates the conversion of arachidonic acid into precursors of PGI2.
(Nafazatrom, NCI Thesaurus)
