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IDENTIFIED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the identity known or established
Example:
the identified bodies were released for burial
Classified under:
Similar:
known (apprehended with certainty)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb identify
Context examples:
The highest expression of these isoforms occurs in the brain but the activity of the CaMKs has been identified in most cell types.
(Calmodulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Researchers identified variations in a gene that are associated with lower triglyceride levels and a reduced risk of coronary heart disease.
(Rare mutations reduce heart disease risk, NIH)
Several variants have been identified, one variant being malignant.
(Blue Nevus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Various histologic subtypes have been identified and include adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma, and small cell carcinoma.
(Bartholin Gland Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Several morphologic patterns have been identified and include insular, gyriform, trabecular, pseudosarcomatous, and solid.
(Adult Type Testicular Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Grossly, cystic changes are not identified.
(Breast Columnar Cell Mucinous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
As a result, the gene is often identified as a breast cancer susceptibility gene.
(BRIP1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Family of cell surface glycoproteins, first identified in vertebrates, that mediate calcium dependent, homophilic cell adhesion and thereby control tissue morphogenesis.
(Cadherin, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
Originally identified in the TFIIIA transcription factor, it is also known as the C2H2 zinc finger.
(C2H2 Zinc Finger, NCI Thesaurus)
The most common genetic mutations identified for Brugada syndrome are in the sodium channel gene SCN5A.
(Brugada Syndrome Ventricular Arrhythmia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)