ADOPTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adoptive mean? 

• ADOPTIVE (adjective)
  The adjective ADOPTIVE has 2 senses:

1. of parents and children; related by adoption

2. acquired as your own by free choice

  Familiarity information: ADOPTIVE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADOPTIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of parents and children; related by adoption

Context example:

adoptive parents

Similar:

foster; surrogate (providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties)

Antonym:

biological ((of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related)

Derivation:

adopt (take into one's family)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Acquired as your own by free choice

Synonyms:

adopted; adoptive

Context example:

an adoptive country

Derivation:

adopt (take up and practice as one's own)

 Context examples 

Some children live in foster families, adoptive families, or in stepfamilies.

(Family Issues, NIH)

A form of adoptive immunotherapy used after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

(Donor Cellular Infusion, NCI Thesaurus)

Adoptive immunotherapy with cytomegalovirus IE-1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes may help reconstitute CD8+ cytomegalovirus-specific CTL responses in CMV-infected immunocompromised hosts.

(Cytomegalovirus IE-1-specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

AKM cells are used for adoptive immunotherapy in cancer patients.

(Monocyte, Activated Killer, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) transfected to express MOv have been designed for possible use in autologous adoptive cellular immunotherapy of ovarian adenocarcinomas that overexpress folate-binding protein.

(MOv-PBL Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Culturing lymphocytes in the presence of IL-2 results in the development of effector cells which are cytotoxic to tumor cells; autologous LAK cells have been used in adoptive immunotherapy in cancer treatment.

(Murine Lymphokine Activated Killer Cells, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

LAK cells are used for adoptive immunotherapy in cancer patients.

(Murine Lymphokine Activated Killer Cells, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Ex vivo isolation and culturing of TIL with interleukin-2, followed by reinfusion into the patient, is one form of adoptive immunotherapy of cancer.

(Murine Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating, NCI Thesaurus)

Expression of the iCasp9 gene in T cells for adoptive transfer increases safety and broadens the scope for their clinical applications.

(Autologous iC9-GD2-CAR-expressing VZV-specific T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

Adoptive transfer of CD3/CD28 costimulated vaccine-primed autologous T-cells may induce the production of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and associated antitumor effects and a graft-versus-tumor (GVT) response.

(CD3/CD28 Costimulated Autologous T-Cells, NCI Thesaurus)