PREDOMINANTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does predominantly mean? 

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

1. much greater in number or influence

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREDOMINANTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Much greater in number or influence

Synonyms:

predominantly; preponderantly

Context example:

the patients are predominantly indigenous

Pertainym:

predominant (most frequent or common)

 Context examples 

Such presentation activates predominantly CD4 T cells.

(Allograft Rejection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Chemokine receptors, members of the G-protein coupled receptor family, are predominantly expressed on the surface of leukocytes and play an important role in inflammation, infectious diseases, and cancer.

(Chemokine Receptor Antagonist, NCI Thesaurus)

It can occur as a chronic or acute form; the former is predominantly seen in adults and the latter in children.

(Acquired pure red cell aplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

BCL6 protein is predominantly expressed in the B-cell lineage and found in mature B cells.

(BCL6 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

It is predominantly synthesized by perforin-low memory CD8+ T-cells, a major non-cytotoxic population of CD8+ T-cells.

(Chemokine (C-C Motif) Ligand 4, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood clot in a deep vein, predominantly in the lower extremity, but may include the pelvis or upper extremity.

(Deep Vein Thrombosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder should be reserved for those tumors that are predominantly keratin forming.

(Bladder Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive, predominantly extranodal, mature T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

(Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Mature T and NK neoplasms predominantly affecting the skin and the peripheral blood.

(Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The polyps are predominantly sessile serrated adenomas/polyps.

(Colon Serrated Polyposis, NCI Thesaurus)