DC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does DC mean? 

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

1. the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia

2. an electric current that flows in one direction steadily

  Familiarity information: DC used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

D.C.; DC; District of Columbia

Instance hypernyms:

federal district (a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation)

Meronyms (parts of "DC"):

American capital; capital of the United States; Washington; Washington D.C. (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)

Holonyms ("DC" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An electric current that flows in one direction steadily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

DC; direct current; direct electric current

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

electrical energy; electricity; power (energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor)

 Context examples 

Dendritic cells (DC) harvested from a cancer patient may be exposed to or pulsed with the NA17 peptide (VLPDVFIRCV).

(NA17 Peptide (Amino acid sequence VLPDVFIRCV), NCI Thesaurus)

Vaccination with multi-antigen modified DC may improve the efficacy of the DC immunotherapy.

(Adenovirus Encoding Tyrosinase/MART-1/MAGEA6-transduced Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The activated DCs present the NY-ESO-1 antigen to Th1 CD4 T-lymphocytes.

(NY-ESO-1/GLA-SE Vaccine ID-G305, NCI Thesaurus)

A cell-based cancer vaccine composed of autologous dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with lysates from an allogeneic glioblastoma (GBM) stem-like cell line, with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities.

(Allogeneic Glioblastoma Stem-like Cell Line Lysate-pulsed Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine consisting of autologous dendritic cells (DCs) transduced with a recombinant adenovirus encoding p53 peptide, with potential immunomodulating activity.

(Adenovirus-p53 Transduced Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Autologous dendritic cells (DCs) transduced with a recombinant, replication-defective adenoviral vector expressing the fusion gene granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and carbonic anhydrase IX (CA-IX or CA9) (GMCA-9), with potential immunomodulating activity.

(AdGMCAIX-transduced Autologous Dendritic Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

Beta-D-glucans may promote dendritic cell (DC) maturation; increase interferon gamma (IFN-gamma), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and immunoglobulin levels; and may enhance natural killer (NK) cell activity, potentially boosting anti-tumor host immune responses.

(Agaricus blazei Murill Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

A tiny silicon-based device was created by researchers making them able to harness heat from waste and convert it to it into DC electrical power.

(Harvesting Electrical Power from Waste Heat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In turn, GM-CSF may stimulate the body's immune system against tumor cells by enhancing the activation of dendritic cells (DCs) and promoting antigen presentation to both B- and T-lymphocytes.

(Allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting Lethally Irradiated Whole Melanoma Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

AP1903 binds to the drug binding domain, leading to iMC oligomerization and activation of iCD40 and MyD88-mediated signaling in iMC-expressing DCs.

(Adenovector-transduced AP1903-inducible MyD88/CD40-expressing Autologous PSMA-specific Prostate Cancer Vaccine BPX-201, NCI Thesaurus)