ADDUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adduct mean? 

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

1. a compound formed by an addition reaction

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

• ADDUCT (verb)
  The verb ADDUCT has 1 sense:

1. draw a limb towards the body

  Familiarity information: ADDUCT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADDUCT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compound formed by an addition reaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

• ADDUCT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they adduct    ... he / she / it adducts   
Past simple: adducted   
Past participle: adducted   
-ing form: adducting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Draw a limb towards the body

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

adduct the thigh muscle

Hypernyms (to "adduct" is one way to...):

draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

abduct (pull away from the body)

Derivation:

adduction ((physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body)

adductive (especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part)

adductor (a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line)

 Context examples 

Because DNA mismatch-repair (MMR) complexes do not recognize DACH-platinum adducts, DNA repair mechanisms are inhibited, overcoming limitations observed with other platinum-based agents.

(Liposomal NDDP, NCI Thesaurus)

Malondialdehyde, a highly reactive compound, is one of the many reactive electrophile species that cause toxic stress in cells and form covalent protein adducts, called advanced lipoxidation end products (ALE).

(Malondialdehyde, NCI Thesaurus)

An agent that reacts with guanine to create a covalent adduct.

(Kethoxal, NCI Thesaurus)

Irofulven alkylates DNA and protein macromolecules, forms adducts, and arrests cells in the S-phase of the cell cycle.

(Irofulven, NCI Thesaurus)

As a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), indomethacin inhibits the enzyme cyclooxygenase, thereby preventing cyclooxygenase-mediated DNA adduct formation by heterocyclic aromatic amines.

(Indomethacin, NCI Thesaurus)

Iproplatin binds to and forms DNA crosslinks and platinum-DNA adducts, resulting in DNA replication failure and cell death.

(Iproplatin, NCI Thesaurus)

Vinyl fluoride metabolites form covalent DNA adducts that attribute to inhibition of DNA replication and to mutagenicity consequences.

(Monofluoroethene, NCI Thesaurus)

Morinda citrifolia fruit juice has antioxidant properties and may prevent tumorigenesis via inhibition of DNA-carcinogen adduct formation.

(Morinda Citrifolia Fruit Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Platinum compounds do not contain alkyl groups but do cause DNA crosslinks and adducts similar to alkylating agents.

(Platinum Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

As a result, this agent causes DNA adducts formation, renders single- and double-stranded DNA breakages that induce DNA repair and or apoptotic processes.

(Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)