CAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does CAD mean? 

• CAD (noun)
  The noun CAD has 2 senses:

1. someone who is morally reprehensible

2. software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing

  Familiarity information: CAD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is morally reprehensible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

blackguard; bounder; cad; dog; heel; hound

Context example:

you dirty dog

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

scoundrel; villain (a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately)

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

perisher (bounder)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

CAD; computer-aided design

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

computer software; package; software; software package; software program; software system ((computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory)

 Context examples 

CAD happens when the arteries that supply blood to heart muscle become hardened and narrowed.

(Coronary Artery Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Also called CAD and coronary heart disease.

(Coronary Artery Disease, NCI Dictionary)

Also called CAD and coronary artery disease.

(Coronary heart disease, NCI Dictionary)

The likelihood an individual will develop coronary artery disease (CAD) is minimal or less than 10%.

(Low Coronary Artery Disease Risk, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The individual has coronary artery disease (CAD).

(Known Coronary Artery Disease, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The likelihood an individual will develop coronary artery disease (CAD) is moderate or between 10% and 90%.

(Intermediate Coronary Artery Disease Risk, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

In coronary artery disease (CAD), the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to your heart muscle grow hardened and narrowed.

(Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

This allele, which encodes CAD protein, plays a role in de novo pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis.

(CAD wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

DFF/CAD is activated through cleavage of its associated inhibitor ICAD by caspases proteases during apoptosis.

(Apoptotic DNA Fragmentation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Invasion and metastases are promoted by several factors that alter the tumour microenvironment, including the aberrant expression of E-cadherins (E-cad), matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), angiogenic factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).

(Bladder Cancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)