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VIABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of life or normal growth and development
Example:
a viable fetus
Classified under:
Similar:
Derivation:
viability ((of living things) capable of normal growth and development)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
Synonyms:
executable; feasible; practicable; viable; workable
Classified under:
Similar:
possible (capable of happening or existing)
Derivation:
viability (capable of being done in a practical and useful way)
Context examples:
A derived unit of measurement of viable bacterial organisms in a unit mass of substance of interest defined as the number of billion colony forming units (10E9CFU) in one gram of substance.
(Billion Colony Forming Units per Gram, NCI Thesaurus)
Some preservation procedures are meant to maintain cells, tissues, or organisms in a viable state.
(Biologic Sample Preservation Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)
A derived unit of measurement of viable bacterial organisms in a unit volume of substance of interest defined as the number of colony forming units in one milliliter of substance.
(Colony Forming Unit per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)
A derived unit of measurement of viable bacterial organisms in a unit volume of substance of interest defined as the number of billion colony forming units (10E9CFU) in one milliliter of substance.
(Billion Colony Forming Units per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of measurement of viable bacterial numbers equal to 10E9 colony forming units.
(Billion Colony Forming Units, NCI Thesaurus)
Any vaccine created by reducing the virulence of the infectious agent but still keeping the agent viable (live).
(Attenuated Live Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
It is unclear if the worms produce enough to be commercially viable.
(Plastic Eating Worm Could Help Ease Pollution, VOA)
Research indicates metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) could present a viable platform for delivering a potent anti-cancer agent, known as siRNA, to cells.
(Nanoparticles used to transport anti-cancer agent to cells, University of Cambridge)
A derived unit of measurement of viable bacterial organisms in a unit volume of substance of interest defined as the number of million colony forming units (10E6CFU) in one milliliter of substance.
(Million Colony Forming Units per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)
A gestation with more than one fertilized egg implanted as a viable fetus in the uterus.
(Multiple Pregnancy, NCI Thesaurus)
