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VIABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of living things) capable of normal growth and development
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("viability" is a kind of...):
property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)
Domain category:
animate thing; living thing (a living (or once living) entity)
Derivation:
viable (capable of life or normal growth and development)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of being done in a practical and useful way
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("viability" is a kind of...):
practicality (concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities)
Derivation:
viable (capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are)
Context examples:
Recombination is involved in assorting genes during reproduction, in repairing broken DNA, and in maintaining cell viability at the expense of long-term genomic stability.
(DNA Recombination Process, NCI Thesaurus)
This assay can measure the cytotoxicity of a chemical or drug by determining the affect of treatment on cell viability.
(Colorimetric Cell Viability Assay, NCI Thesaurus)
Chromosomal inversion often occurs as the result of non-homologous end-joining of broken DNA strands, and is involved in maintaining cell viability at the expense of long term genomic stability.
(Chromosomal Inversion Process, NCI Thesaurus)
The pore allows free diffusion of molecules into and out of the cell and reduces cell viability.
(Activation of Membrane Attack Complex, NCI Thesaurus)
They measured the animals' fruit consumption as well as the ensuing seed dispersal and seed viability.
(Thai Elephants Help Spread Jungle Fruit's Seeds, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)
Processes that promote, sustain, and preserve nerve cell viability.
(Nerve Cell Survival, NCI Thesaurus)
In EBV-related lymphomas, arginine butyrate induces EBV thymidine kinase transcription and may act synergistically with the antiviral agent ganciclovir to inhibit cell proliferation and decrease cell viability.
(Arginine butyrate, NCI Thesaurus)
Processes that promote, sustain, and preserve cell viability.
(Cell Maintenance, NCI Thesaurus)
That transition is among the most important transformations between phases (solids, liquids and gases) on our planet, where it has unique effects on climate while regulating the viability of life.
(Scientists probe the limits of ice, National Science Foundation)
A process that encompasses the viability of a cell and its ability to subsist and maintain the integrity of cellular processes.
(Cell Survival, NCI Thesaurus)
