HUMANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does humans mean? 

• HUMANS (noun)
  The noun HUMANS has 1 sense:

1. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

  Familiarity information: HUMANS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMANS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

All of the living human inhabitants of the earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

human beings; human race; humanity; humankind; humans; man; mankind; world

Context example:

she always used 'humankind' because 'mankind' seemed to slight the women

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

group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)

homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)

Meronyms (members of "humans"):

people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)

 Context examples 

In humans, alpha-amylase is produced by salivary glands and the pancreas.

(Alpha-Amylase, NCI Thesaurus)

In humans, congenital heart defects occur with a prevalence of at least 1% in newborns, and are even more common in death before term.

(ALK Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A naturally occurring micronutrient, synthesized in small amounts by plants and animals (including humans), with antioxidant and potential chemopreventive activities.

(Alpha-lipoic acid, NCI Thesaurus)

This substance has a very low acute toxicity in humans and is characterized by skin rash, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and nose bleeds.

(Amitrole, NCI Thesaurus)

An animal with a disease either the same as or like a disease in humans.

(Animal model, NCI Dictionary)

Many diseases affecting humans can be traced to animals or animal products.

(Animal Diseases and Your Health, NIH)

A. viridans is rarely pathogenic in humans but may be associated with urinary tract infections and endocarditis in immunocompromised patients.

(Aerococcus viridans, NCI Thesaurus)

However, unlike in humans, mouse tumors are rarely metastatic during the time of their observation.

(Adenoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The aged rats correspond to approximately 35 year-old humans.

(Placenta changes could mean male offspring of older mums more likely to develop heart problems in later life, University of Cambridge)

A. haemolyticus is rarely pathogenic in humans.

(Acinetobacter haemolyticus, NCI Thesaurus)