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YEAST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("yeast" is a kind of...):
fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yeast"):
baker's yeast; brewer's yeast; Saccharomyces cerevisiae (used as a leaven in baking and brewing)
Saccharomyces ellipsoides; wine-maker's yeast (used in making wine)
Holonyms ("yeast" is a member of...):
Endomycetales; order Endomycetales (fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus)
Derivation:
yeasty (of or resembling or containing yeast)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("yeast" is a kind of...):
leaven; leavening (a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yeast"):
yeast cake (small cake of compressed moist yeast)
brewer's yeast (yeast used in fermenting beer)
mother (a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar)
Derivation:
yeasty (of or resembling or containing yeast)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb yeast
Context examples:
It is used for the detection of fungi, parasites, and yeasts, using fluorescent microscopy.
(Calcofluor White Stain, NCI Thesaurus)
A condition in which Candida albicans, a type of yeast, grows out of control in moist skin areas of the body.
(Candidiasis, NCI Dictionary)
A species of budding yeast in the phylum Ascomycota.
(Candida krusei, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of yeasts in the phylum Ascomycota.
(Candida, NCI Thesaurus)
Thus, the attachment of beta-glucan to CR3 of circulating leukocytes simulates leukocytes to kill iC3b-coated tumor cells in the same way as they kill iC3b-coated yeast.
(Beta-glucan, NCI Thesaurus)
This exceptional type of overlap is conserved in mouse and even in yeast RAD10, an ERCC1 homolog, suggesting an important biologic function.
(CD3-Epsilon-Associated Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of yeast in the genus Candida.
(Candida parapsilosis, NCI Thesaurus)
A laboratory test to check for bacteria, yeast, fungi, or other microorganisms in the blood.
(Blood culture, NCI Dictionary)
The high-molecular-weight Arf GEP subfamily includes yeast Sec7, Gea1, and Gea2, and mammalian BIG1/p200, BIG2, and GBF1, which all consist of 1,400-2,000 amino acid residues.
(ADP-Ribosylation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
It is made by a chemical process called fermentation that uses sugars and yeast.
(Alcohol, NCI Dictionary)
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