ALTERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does altering mean? 

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

1. the sterilization of an animal

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALTERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sterilization of an animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

altering; fixing; neutering

Context example:

they took him to the vet for neutering

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

sterilisation; sterilization (the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce))

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

castration; emasculation (neutering a male animal by removing the testicles)

spaying (neutering a female by removing the ovaries)

 Context examples 

Amphotericin B binds to ergosterol, an essential component of the fungal cell membrane, thereby causing depolarization of the membrane and altering cell membrane permeability.

(amphotericin B, NCI Thesaurus)

Like other retinoic acid agents, mofarotene binds to and activates retinoic acid receptors (RARs), thereby altering the expression of certain genes leading to cell differentiation and decreased cell proliferation in susceptible cells.

(Mofarotene, NCI Thesaurus)

Liposome encapsulated macrolide antifungal antibiotic amphotericin B. Amphotericin B binds to ergosterol altering cell membrane integrity with subsequent cell death.

(Amphotericin B Liposomal, NCI Thesaurus)

Other mechanisms may include altering degradation of beta-amyloid, and the use of vaccines against beta-amyloid to remove aggregates.

(Amyloid Beta-Peptide Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Natural or synthetic compound mixtures, Analgesic Preparations relieve pain by altering the perception of nociceptive stimuli without loss of consciousness.

(Analgesic Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)

This finding suggests that the effects of the emulsifiers were caused by altering the gut microbiota.

(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)

Altering Cdk5 activity made the brains of the flies appear genetically to be about 15 days old and their bodies to be about 20 days old.

(NIH scientists search for the clocks behind aging brain disorders, National Institutes of Health)

The excess ROS disrupts the mitochondrial network by altering the activity of several important proteins that help control the size and shape of mitochondria.

(Excess Fat Disrupts Heart Cell's Energy System, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Ongoing work shows that a reef's health can alter the number and type of microbes in seawater, say the scientists, highlighting the consequences of altering reef habitats.

(Bacteria living near coral reefs change in synchrony across distances, National Science Foundation)

Research is currently underway to manipulate this relationship by altering the host environment in ways that silence or inhibit pro-survival signals concurrent with standard therapies.

(Cell Microenvironment, NCI Thesaurus)