BEADS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beads mean? 

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

1. several beads threaded together on a string

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEADS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Several beads threaded together on a string

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

beads; string of beads

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

string (a collection of objects threaded on a single strand)

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

prayer beads; rosary (a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics))

peag; wampum; wampumpeag (small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency)

 Context examples 

They could detect beads as small as about 100 nm.

(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)

After conjugation of the captured analyte to the bead, the beads are differentiated by their size and their spectral signature, allowing quantitation of analyte concentration in the sample.

(Multi-Analyte Fluorescent Detection, NCI Thesaurus)

In transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), irinotecan-eluting beads are administered into blood vessels that feed the tumor, occluding tumor blood vessels and inducing ischemic tumor necrosis while simultaneously delivering high-dose chemotherapy locally.

(Irinotecan-Eluting Beads, NCI Thesaurus)

The Professor made a few more passes and then stopped, and I could see that his forehead was covered with great beads of perspiration.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Her jacket was black, with black beads sewn upon it, and a fringe of little black jet ornaments.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They are often tiny plastic beads that are put in cosmetic products.

(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)

After removal of the beads and expansion of the cells in culture, the activated MILs (aMILs) are re-introduced into the patient.

(Activated Marrow Infiltrating Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

Tiny beads that hold the radioisotope yttrium Y 90 are injected into the hepatic artery (the main blood vessel that carries blood to the liver).

(Intra-arterial brachytherapy, NCI Dictionary)

A cell-separation technique where magnetizable microspheres or beads are first coated with monoclonal antibody, allowed to search and bind to target cells, and are then selectively removed when passed through a magnetic field.

(Magnetic Bead Separation, NCI Thesaurus)

Sometimes, the anticancer drugs are attached to small beads that are injected into an artery that feeds the tumor.

(Chemoembolization, NCI Dictionary)