DETECTABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does detectable mean? 

• DETECTABLE (adjective)
  The adjective DETECTABLE has 2 senses:

1. capable of being detected

2. easily seen or detected

  Familiarity information: DETECTABLE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DETECTABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being detected

Synonyms:

detectable; noticeable

Context example:

after a noticeable pause the lecturer continued

Similar:

perceptible (capable of being perceived by the mind or senses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Easily seen or detected

Synonyms:

detectable; perceptible

Context example:

he continued after a perceptible pause

Similar:

noticeable (capable or worthy of being noticed)

 Context examples 

While CD28 is on the membrane of resting T-cells, CTLA-4 is detectable only on cells activated after antigen presentation.

(Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Protein 4, NCI Thesaurus)

The changes may include eradication of detectable disease, stabilization of disease, or disease progression.

(Disease Response, NCI Thesaurus)

The absence of detectable HER2/Neu in a tissue sample.

(HER2/Neu Negative, NCI Thesaurus)

A detectable aggregation of small molecules in the cytoplasm.

(Crystalline Inclusion, NCI Thesaurus)

There is no detectable Philadelphia chromosome or BCR/ABL fusion gene.

(Chronic neutrophilic leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

The MRP1 Protein constitutes a multidrug resistance-associated plasma membrane drug-efflux pump, detectable in lung, testis, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

(ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C, Member 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This process creates powerful X-ray emissions, detectable from Earth, that reveal the presence of the collapsed object.

(Unpredicted stellar black hole discovered by astronomers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A finding that a sample of neoplastic cells has detectable immunoreactivity for CD30 (TNFRSF8).

(CD30-Positive Neoplastic Cells Present, NCI Thesaurus)

ED-B of fibronectin, a naturally occurring marker of tissue remodeling and angiogenesis, is expressed in the majority of aggressive solid human tumors, whereas it is not detectable in normal vessels and tissues.

(Iodine I 131 Anti-Fibronectin Antibody Fragment L19-SIP, NCI Thesaurus)

A detectable aggregation of lipids or membrane fragments in the cytoplasm.

(Lipid Inclusion, NCI Thesaurus)