PAIRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paired mean? 

• PAIRED (adjective)
  The adjective PAIRED has 3 senses:

1. occurring in pairs or as a pair

2. of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem

3. mated sexually

  Familiarity information: PAIRED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAIRED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring in pairs or as a pair

Synonyms:

mated; paired

Context example:

paired gloves

Similar:

matched (going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem

Synonyms:

opposite; paired

Context example:

opposite leaves

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Mated sexually

Similar:

mated (mated sexually)

 Context examples 

Paired box protein Pax-5 (391 aa, ~42 kDa) is encoded by the human PAX5 gene.

(Paired Box Protein Pax-5, NCI Thesaurus)

Paired box protein Pax-6 (422 aa, ~47 kDa) is encoded by the human PAX6 gene.

(Paired Box Protein Pax-6, NCI Thesaurus)

Paired box protein Pax-7 (520 aa, ~57 kDa) is encoded by the human PAX7 gene.

(Paired Box Protein Pax-7, NCI Thesaurus)

The largest of the three paired salivary glands, located in front of the ear.

(Parotid Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

Paired box protein Pax-3 (479 aa, ~53 kDa) is encoded by the human PAX3 gene.

(Paired Box Protein Pax-3, NCI Thesaurus)

Paired box protein PAX-2 (416aa, ~45 kD) is encoded by the human PAX2 gene.

(Paired Box Protein Pax-2, NCI Thesaurus)

This nuclear transcription factor regulates the production of chordin and belonds to the paired homeobox family.

(Homeobox Protein Goosecoid, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of two paired parathyroid glands distal to the head.

(Inferior Parathyroid Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

Paired box protein Pax-1 (534 aa, ~55 kDa) is encoded by the human PAX1 gene.

(Paired Box Protein Pax-1, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes paired box protein Pax-1, plays a role in transcriptional regulation.

(PAX1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)