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CELL-FREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cell-free mean?
• CELL-FREE (adjective)
The adjective CELL-FREE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: CELL-FREE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking cells
Context example:
a cell-free homogenate of the thyroid
Similar:
acellular; noncellular (not made up of or divided into cells)
Context examples
A cell-free mixture comprised of a variety of naturally-derived cytokines obtained from normal, unrelated donor lymphocytes with potential immunostimulatory activity.
(IRX-2, NCI Thesaurus)
The detection of cell-free, neoplasm-derived DNA in patient serum or plasma.
(Circulating Tumor-Derived DNA, NCI Thesaurus)
The cell-free system is therefore widely used in cell biology.
(Cell-free System, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A research team tested next-generation sequencing to assess whether cell-free circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) from DLBCL could be detected in blood serum and used to monitor the disease.
(Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma Progression, NIH)
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