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TYPE A
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
Synonyms:
A; group A; type A
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("type A" is a kind of...):
blood group; blood type (human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens)
Context examples:
The permanent human fibroblast virus (PMFV) is also type D. The core of the type D viruses is the intracytoplasmic type A particle and its mechanism of budding from the cell membrane is similar to the type B oncoviruses.
(Betaretrovirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Because the acoustic impedance of perflutren protein-type A microspheres is much lower than that of blood, impinging ultrasound waves are scattered and reflected at the microsphere-blood interface and may be visualized with ultrasound imaging.
(Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres, NCI Thesaurus)
C-VISA BikDD: liposome consists of a pancreatic-cancer-specific expression vector VISA (VP16-GAL4-WPRE integrated systemic amplifier) and a pancreatic-cancer-specific promoter CCKAR (cholecystokinin type A receptor) (CCKAR-VISA or C-VISA) which drives expression of the gene BikDD, a mutant form of the potent proapoptotic gene Bik (Bcl-2 interacting killer).
(C-VISA BikDD:Liposome, NCI Thesaurus)
An injectable formulation of a neurotoxin derived through the fermentation of the Hall strain of Clostridium botulinum type A with neuromuscular transmission inhibitory and analgesic activities.
(botulinum toxin type A, NCI Thesaurus)
