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SESAME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
Synonyms:
benne; benni; benny; sesame; Sesamum indicum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sesame" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Meronyms (parts of "sesame"):
benniseed; sesame seed (small oval seeds of the sesame plant)
Holonyms ("sesame" is a member of...):
genus Sesamum; Sesamum (tropical African and Indian herbs)
Context examples:
Many studies evaluating the utility of these tests for sesame allergy have included only children suspected to have sesame allergy.
(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)
Standard allergy tests — the skin-prick test and the allergen-specific antibody test — have been inconsistent in predicting an allergic reaction to sesame.
(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)
In addition, the scientists have found that sesame antibody testing — whose utility has been controversial — accurately predicts whether a child with food allergy is allergic to sesame.
(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)
Investigators have found that sesame allergy is common among children with other food allergies, occurring in an estimated 17% of this population.
(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)
Only an estimated 20% to 30% of children with sesame allergy outgrow it.
(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)
It has been a challenge for clinicians and parents to determine if a child is truly allergic to sesame, said Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of National Institutes of Health.
(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)
The researchers offered children in the study an oral food challenge — the gold standard for diagnosing food allergy — which involved ingesting gradually increasing amounts of sesame under medical supervision and seeing if an allergic reaction occurred.
(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)
