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BUDDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("budding" is a kind of...):
agamogenesis; asexual reproduction (reproduction without the fusion of gametes)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beginning to develop
Example:
a budding genius
Classified under:
Similar:
undeveloped (not developed, mature, or fully formulated)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb bud
Context examples:
During the budding process, newly formed virus particles become "enveloped" or wrapped in an outer coat that is made from a small piece of the cell's plasma membrane.
(Enveloped virus, NCI Dictionary)
In budding yeast, GPS is a suppressor of lethal G-protein subunit-activating mutations in the pheromone response pathway.
(G Protein Pathway Suppressor 2 Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
A finding indicating the presence of Barrett esophagus in which there is marked nuclear pleomorphism and loss of polarity, increased number of atypical mitotic figures, and crypt budding, branching, and crowding.
(High Grade Dysplasia in Barrett Esophagus, NCI Thesaurus)
There is marked glandular crowding, branching and budding, intraluminal necrosis, and prominent mitotic activity.
(Gastric Intramucosal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A proliferation of the endometrial cells resulting in glandular enlargement and budding.
(Endometrial hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
Holmes pointed down the long tract of road which wound, a reddish yellow band, between the brown of the heath and the budding green of the woods.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A species of budding yeast in the phylum Ascomycota.
(Candida krusei, NCI Thesaurus)
A primary endometrial adenocarcinoma composed of neoplastic cells that form complex glandular patterns associated with budding and branching of the neoplastic glands.
(Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of complex papillary patterns with cellular budding.
(Endometrial Serous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
They're particularly violent in their youth, belching up a large number of flares, or bursts of radiation and particles that could strip away budding planetary atmospheres.
(A Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface, NASA)
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