THEREBY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thereby mean? 

• THEREBY (adverb)
  The adverb THEREBY has 1 sense:

1. by that means or because of that

  Familiarity information: THEREBY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEREBY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

By that means or because of that

Context example:

He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth

 Context examples 

They also release specific chemicals that cause blood vessels to expand or contract, thereby regulating blood flow in the brain.

(Brain tumor invasion along blood vessels may lead to new cancer treatments, NIH)

The researchers have successfully identified how the exosomes (extracellular nanovesicles) released by the parasite responsible for the disease attack heart cells, thereby causing one of its most frequent complications, cardiac illness.

(Scientists identify how the exosomes of the parasite responsible for Chagas disease affect heart cells, University of Granada)

The presence of muscle cells appears to make cancer cells more likely to fuse two or more cancer cells into a single cell, thereby increasing their invasiveness and ability to spread.

(Proximity to muscle cells may promote spread of prostate cancer cells, National Institutes of Health)

As all conversation was thereby at an end, Elizabeth soon afterwards left the room.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Aclacinomycin B intercalates into DNA and inhibits both the topoisomerase I and II enzymes, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and ultimately, interfering with RNA and protein synthesis.

(Aclacinomycin B, NCI Thesaurus)

Acivicin inhibits glutamine amidotransferases in the purine and pyrimidine biosynthetic pathways, thereby inhibiting tumor growth in cell lines dependent on glutamine metabolism.

(Acivicin, NCI Thesaurus)

Aclarubicin intercalates into DNA and interacts with topoisomerases I and II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis.

(Aclarubicin, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent functions as an estrogen agonist in lipid metabolism, thereby decreasing total and LDL cholesterol levels.

(Acolbifene hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

These proteins direct a complex network of protein filaments that provide stability to the cellular infrastructure by supporting the dynamic motility of microfilaments, thereby enabling intracellular translocation and organelle transport.

(Actin-Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, acetylcysteine has inhibited viral stimulation by reactive oxygen intermediates, thereby producing antiviral activity in HIV patients.

(Acetylcysteine, NCI Thesaurus)