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SESAME

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oilplay

Synonyms:

benne; benni; benny; sesame; Sesamum indicum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sesame" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "sesame"):

benniseed; sesame seed (small oval seeds of the sesame plant)

Holonyms ("sesame" is a member of...):

genus Sesamum; Sesamum (tropical African and Indian herbs)

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 Context examples: 

Many studies evaluating the utility of these tests for sesame allergy have included only children suspected to have sesame allergy.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)

Standard allergy tests — the skin-prick test and the allergen-specific antibody test — have been inconsistent in predicting an allergic reaction to sesame.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)

In addition, the scientists have found that sesame antibody testing — whose utility has been controversial — accurately predicts whether a child with food allergy is allergic to sesame.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)

Investigators have found that sesame allergy is common among children with other food allergies, occurring in an estimated 17% of this population.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)

Only an estimated 20% to 30% of children with sesame allergy outgrow it.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)

It has been a challenge for clinicians and parents to determine if a child is truly allergic to sesame, said Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of National Institutes of Health.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)

The researchers offered children in the study an oral food challenge — the gold standard for diagnosing food allergy — which involved ingesting gradually increasing amounts of sesame under medical supervision and seeing if an allergic reaction occurred.

(17% of Food-Allergic Children Have Sesame Allergy, National Institutes of Health)




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