CHIMERIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chimeric mean? 

• CHIMERIC (adjective)
  The adjective CHIMERIC has 1 sense:

1. being or relating to or like a chimera

  Familiarity information: CHIMERIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIMERIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being or relating to or like a chimera

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

chimeral; chimeric; chimerical

Context example:

his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists

Pertainym:

Chimera ((Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon)

Derivation:

chimera (a grotesque product of the imagination)

 Context examples 

An autologous tumor cell vaccine containing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) B cells transduced with an adenoviral vector carrying chimeric CD154 (ad-CD154) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Autologous Ad-CD154-Transduced CLL B Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

A preparation of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) transduced with a retroviral vector encoding a T cell chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific for mesothelin with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities.

(Mesothelin-specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor-engineered Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

A radioimmunoconjugate of a human-murine chimeric IgG2 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) 81C6 labeled with an alpha-emitting radionuclide Astatine 211 (At-211), with imaging and radioimmunotherapeutic properties.

(At 211 Monoclonal Antibody 81C6, NCI Thesaurus)

Autologous chimeric immune receptor (CIR) T cells transfected with anti-mesothelin chimeric T cell receptor mRNA, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Anti-mesothelin CIR mRNA-electroporated Autologous T Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

Chimeric onco-LBC lacks the C-terminus, which promotes transforming activity.

(A Kinase Anchor Protein 13, NCI Thesaurus)

Anti-IL-6 chimeric monoclonal antibody works by blocking inflammation and tumor growth.

(anti-IL-6 chimeric monoclonal antibody, NCI Dictionary)

A chimeric monoclonal antibody against a Lewis-A-like glycotope (AbGn-7 antigen) with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Monoclonal Antibody AbGn-7, NCI Thesaurus)

A chimeric mouse/human monoclonal antibody with potential antineoplastic activity.

(monoclonal antibody Ch14.18, NCI Thesaurus)

A chimeric peptide immunogen of human epidermal growth factor-2 (HER-2) with antineoplastic property.

(MVF-HER-2(628-647)-CRL 1005 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

NBI-3001 is a type of recombinant chimeric protein.

(NBI-3001, NCI Dictionary)