SUBCLASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subclass mean? 

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

1. (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBCLASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

 Context examples 

Subclasses include Hexosyltransferases, Pentosyltransferases and Sialyltransferases. 2005

(Glycosyltransferase, NCI Thesaurus)

Subclasses include Hexosyltransferases, Pentosyltransferases, and Sialyltransferases.

(Glycosyltransferase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of HDL-cholesterol subclass 3 present in a sample.

(HDL-Cholesterol Subclass 3 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

An immunoglobulin isotype (subclass) that characterizes secondary immune responses.

(IgG, NCI Thesaurus)

Abstract class that specifies for subclasses an association to NameValueTypes.

(Extendable Class, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of HDL-cholesterol subclass 2 present in a sample.

(HDL-Cholesterol Subclass 2 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Different immunoglobulin subclasses and isotypes are associated with different diseases and conditions.

(Anticardiolipin Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

These patterns can be viewed as a type of barcode for each subclass.

(Rapid-response immune cells are fully prepared before invasion strikes, NIH)

IgA is the immunoglobulin subclass that is associated with antibody-mediated mucosal immunity.

(IgA, NCI Thesaurus)

An azalide, derived from erythromycin, and a member of a subclass of macrolide antibiotics with bacteriocidal and bacteriostatic activities.

(Azithromycin, NCI Thesaurus)