(v. t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
(v. t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.
(v. t.) Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.
(v. t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
(v. t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
(v. t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
(v. t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
(v. t.) A compliment.
(v. t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
(v. t.) To compliment.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have cloned the phr gene that encodes DNA photolyase from Salmonella typhimurium by in vivo complementation of Escherichia coli phr gene defect.
(2) Patient plasma samples demonstrated evidence of marked complement activation, with 3-fold elevations of C3a desArg concentrations by the 8th day of therapy.
(3) Serum complement studies revealed decreased levels of C4, properdin, and C3.
(4) Release of 51Cr was apparently a function of immune thymus-derived lymphocytes (T cells) because it was abrogated by prior incubation of spleen cells with anti-thymus antiserum and complement but was undiminished by passage of spleen cells through nylon-wool columns.
(5) Many speak about how yoga and surfing complement each other, both involving deep concentration, flexibility and balance.
(6) This linkage information was used to design complementation tests to determine allelism with previously characterized complementation groups affecting sensitivity to radiation.
(7) Most of the antibodies had some degree of complement-independent neutralizing capacity, but in common was a large neutralization-resistant fraction of virus (range 13 to 78%).
(8) Intercistronic complementation of these mutants with pm1493 and dl121, two SV40 mutants that are defective in agnoprotein but encode wild-type T antigen, results in an increased synthesis of agnoprotein in the infected cells.
(9) These studies show that complement activation can frequently be detected in the plasma of IgA nephropathy patients.
(10) Usually they are characterized by an increased level of complement components involved in the classical pathway and therefore reflect activation by antigen antibody complexes.
(11) Allelic complementation was not observed, despite testing of a large number of allele pairs, and alleles suppressible by the ochre suppressor SUP11 were absent from a sample of 48 spontaneous mutants and occurred infrequently (7%) among a sample of ultraviolet-induced mutants.
(12) Besides various skin tests with the antigens candida, trichophyton, mumps, streptokinase-streptodornase, tuberculin, DNCB and KLH also in vitro experiments measuring the immunoglobulin- and complement concentrations, the antibody production to KLH, the lymphocyte transformation rate to PHA, Pokeweed, Con A, PPD were done nearly in all patients.
(13) Skin allografts survived longer on ALS-treated, complement-deficient (C5 negative) recipients than on ALS-treated, complement-competent (C5 positive) recipients.
(14) These antibodies are usually characterized by the conventional platelet complement fixation test.
(15) This syndrome is consistently correlated with abnormally elevated serum IgG levels, antinuclear antibodies, anti ds- and ssDNA antibodies, and circulating immune complexes, as well as depressed serum hemolytic complement.
(16) This study was conducted using a standard complement-dependent microcytotoxicity assay.
(17) A plasmid carrying this mutation, along with wild-type genes encoding the c and b subunits, was unusual in that it failed to complement a chromosomal c-subunit mutation on succinate minimal medium.
(18) Viruses isolated from ticks (Ixodes uriae) from a seabird colony on the Isle of May, Scotland, were shown by complement fixation tests to be related to the Uukuniemi and Kemerovo serogroups.
(19) In the present study, the role of antiperipheral nerve myelin antibody (anti-PNM Ab) in demyelination by generating the terminal attack complex (C5b-9) of complement was explored in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and other demyelinating neuropathies.
(20) The same marker was found in all metaphases from 2 different metastases, but skin fibroblasts from the same patient had a normal chromosome complement.
Counterpart
Definition:
(n.) A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.
(n.) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.
(n.) A person who closely resembles another.
(n.) A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.
Example Sentences:
(1) (E)-5-(2-Bromovinyl)uridine (BVUrd), the riboside counterpart of (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (BVdUrd), effected a dose-dependent inhibition of viral progeny formation and viral DNA synthesis in herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1, strain KOS)-infected human (E6SM) diploid fibroblast cells.
(2) Combinations of YM534 with other anti-cancer agents were examined to ascertain whether YM534 potentiated other anti-cancer agents against the KB cell line and its multidrug-resistant counterpart, VJ-300.
(3) In comparison with native counterparts, the in vitro-formed LDL2 and HDL + VHDL were characterized by lower levels of triglyceride and cholesterol ester and higher levels of free cholesterol and lipid phosphorus.
(4) Israel’s president has told his Mexican counterpart that he was “sorry for the hurt” over a tweet in which the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, appeared to praise Donald Trump’s plans to build a wall on the US-Mexican border.
(5) In the UK the twin threat of Ukip and the BNP tap into similar veins of discontent as their counterparts across the English channel.
(6) How can the interaction between theoretical neuroscientists and their experimental counterparts be improved?
(7) Based on these characteristics, we tentatively ascribe this activity to hepatic very low density lipoprotein, the serum counterpart of which is known to express many immunoregulatory properties.
(8) The first stop in this arid place of poor farms and orchards clinging to the dry soil is Rafah, cut off by the border from its Palestinian counterpart.
(9) Obama is expected to offer personal condolences to his counterpart Park Geun-Hye over the tragedy, but the South's unpredictable northern neighbour is set to dominate the agenda.
(10) Both normal precursors and their leukemic counterparts showed adhesion to marrow stroma and fibroblasts.
(11) Check out the latest bill from Russia's parliament, the Duma: its aim is to ban the "unnecessary" usage of foreign words (in cases where there is a pre-existing Russian counterpart).
(12) Lymphoid tumors of a given lineage exhibit a spectrum of phenotypes from clones whose features overlap extensively with their normal counterparts to clones whose features are not obviously represented in normal lymphoid populations.
(13) A definition of AUL and a system for its classification are proposed on the basis of the current state of knowledge about phenotypic features of AUL cells and their clonal counterparts that exist during early stages of normal hematopoiesis.
(14) DNA sequence analysis of 200 bp of the cloned fragment demonstrated an open reading frame showing 51% predicted amino acid identity between the putative C. albicans EF-3 gene and its S. cerevisiae counterpart over the encoded 65-amino-acid stretch.
(15) Multivariate analyses showed some significant post-programme attitudinal changes, with the older volunteers differing in some aspects from their younger counterparts.
(16) This syncitium-like arrangement is interpreted as the morphological counterpart of a possibly synchronized function of these cells.
(17) Transient peripheral vasomotor constriction and heart rate increases were initiated within an 8- to 12-sec period following target detection with the predictable schedule, with subjects evincing greater responsivity than their nonpredictable schedule counterparts.
(18) Antibody inhibition studies revealed that the high affinity receptors remaining after protease treatment and their low affinity counterparts both utilized the same ligand-binding component.
(19) Her behaviour with her European counterparts mirrored her treatment of the Tory grandees.
(20) "When the correct tests are done, GM products are as safe as their non-GM counterparts," said Walport.