PRIMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does priming mean? 

• PRIMING (noun)
  The noun PRIMING has 3 senses:

1. the act of making something ready

2. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

3. the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

  Familiarity information: PRIMING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIMING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making something ready

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

preparation; readying (the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fuse; fusee; fuze; fuzee; primer; priming

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

igniter; ignitor; light; lighter (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "priming"):

detonating fuse (a fuse containing an explosive)

safety fuse (a slow-burning fuse consisting of a tube or cord filled or saturated with combustible matter; used to ignite detonators from a distance)

time-fuse (a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

flat coat; ground; primer; primer coat; priming; priming coat; undercoat

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

coat of paint (a layer of paint covering something else)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "priming"):

couch (a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer)

 Context examples 

The hammer fell, but there followed neither flash nor sound; the priming was useless with sea-water.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

PGG beta-glucan binds to an alternate site on the neutrophil complement receptor 3 (CR3), priming the neurophil to become cytotoxic when binding to complement on tumor cells via CR3.

(PGG Beta-Glucan, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientists from Yale University report they managed to trigger instinctive hunting behavior in mice using optogenetics, a manner of priming cells within an organism's brain to switch on when exposed to a laser.

(Geneticists produce laser-activated killer mice, Wikinews)

Alamifovir acts by inhibiting viral DNA priming and viral DNA packaging, thereby decreasing HBV replication.

(Alamifovir, NCI Thesaurus)

IL-21, a cytokine involved in the regulation of cellular immune responses, may play a key role during priming of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells and may enhance proliferation of the CTLs.

(Autologous IL-21-Modulated CD8+ MART1-Specific T Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration of gp96-Ig-secreting allogeneic tumor cell vaccine HS110, the irradiated live tumor cells continuously secrete gp96-Ig along with its chaperoned tumor associated antigens (TAAs) into the blood stream, thereby activating antigen presenting cells, natural killer cells and priming potent cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) to respond against TAAs on the endogenous tumor cells.

(Gp96-Ig-secreting Allogeneic Tumor-Cell Vaccine HS110, NCI Thesaurus)

In a solubilized form, beta-glucan binds to a lectin site within complement receptor 3 (CR3) on leukocytes, priming the receptor to trigger cytotoxic degranulation of leukocytes when leukocyte CR3 binds to complement 3 (iC3b)-coated tumors.

(Beta-glucan, NCI Thesaurus)

As part of the MKC1106-PP regimen exploiting the 'prime-boost strategy', this plasmid is responsible for priming the immune response and is used in conjunction with a peptide vaccine consisting of PRAME and PSMA that boosts the immune system against PRAME- and PSMA-expressing tumor cells.

(DNA Vector pPRA-PSM Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

After several priming injections with plasmids, the Melan A and tyrosinase synthetic epitope analogs are injected directly into lymph nodes; upon binding to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on APC cell surfaces, these synthetic epitope analogs may stimulate a primed cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against melanoma tumor cells, resulting in tumor cell lysis.

(Immunotherapy Regimen MKC-1106-MT, NCI Thesaurus)

The beta-glucan in beta-glucan MM-10-001 binds to a lectin site within the complement receptor 3 (CR3 or iC3b receptor) on leukocytes, priming the receptor to trigger cytotoxic degranulation of leukocytes when leukocyte CR3 binds to iC3b-opsonized tumor cells. iC3b is the proteolyticly inactive product of the complement cleavage fragment C3b.

(Beta-Glucan MM-10-001, NCI Thesaurus)