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INTACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intact mean? 

INTACT (adjective)
  The adjective INTACT has 4 senses:

1. constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damagedplay

2. (of a woman) having the hymen unbrokenplay

3. (used of domestic animals) sexually competentplay

4. undamaged in any wayplay

  Familiarity information: INTACT used as an adjective is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTACT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged

Synonyms:

entire; intact; integral

Context example:

fought to keep the union intact

Similar:

whole (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete)

Derivation:

intactness (the state of being unimpaired)


Sense 2

Meaning:

(of a woman) having the hymen unbroken

Synonyms:

intact; inviolate

Context example:

she was intact, virginal

Similar:

uninjured (not injured physically or mentally)

Derivation:

intactness (the state of being unimpaired)


Sense 3

Meaning:

(used of domestic animals) sexually competent

Synonyms:

entire; intact

Context example:

an entire horse

Similar:

uncastrated (not castrated)

Derivation:

intactness (the state of being unimpaired)


Sense 4

Meaning:

Undamaged in any way

Context example:

the vase remained intact despite rough handling

Similar:

undamaged (not harmed or spoiled; sound)

Derivation:

intactness (the state of being unimpaired)


 Context examples 


BCL9 translocation that leaves the coding region intact is associated with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(B-Cell Lymphoma 9 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

The identity of the target cell varies, but it must possess surface IgG whose Fc portion is intact.

(Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, NCI Thesaurus)

Location on a DNA strand where the phosphate backbone is intact but the nitrogenous base has been lost from both DNA strands.

(Bistrand Abasic Site, NCI Thesaurus)

The dermoepidermal basement membrane is intact.

(Bowen Disease of the Skin, NCI Thesaurus)

This process involves the invasion of a homologous region of an intact chromosome by the centromere-proximal end of the broken chromosome.

(Break-Induced Replication, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to intact IgG antibodies, single-chain antibodies such as MR1scFv are smaller and may penetrate tumors better.

(Anti-EGFRvIII Immunotoxin MR1-1, NCI Thesaurus)

In the direct pathway, recipient T cells react to intact allogeneic MHC molecules expressed on the surface of donor cells.

(Allograft Rejection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

However, NGTS-4b, nicknamed the ‘Forbidden Planet’, still has its atmosphere intact and is the first exoplanet of its kind to be found in the Neptunian Desert.

(‘Forbidden’ planet found wandering ‘Neptunian Desert’, University of Cambridge)

The team also found that individuals whose parents were separated but communicated with each other showed no increase in risk compared to the intact families.

(How Parents' Separation Impacts Adult Kids, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The women-only record of 2:17:01, held by Mary Jepkosgei Keitany also from Kenya, remained intact.

(Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record at Chicago Marathon, Wikinews)



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