EPSTEIN

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• EPSTEIN (noun)
  The noun EPSTEIN has 1 sense:

1. British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959)

  Familiarity information: EPSTEIN used as a noun is very rare.

• EPSTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Epstein; Jacob Epstein; Sir Jacob Epstein

Instance hypernyms:

carver; sculptor; sculpturer; statue maker (an artist who creates sculptures)

 Context examples 

A B-lymphocyte that has been activated to be receptive to Epstein Barr virus and is found in the area of a lymph nodule containing aggregations of actively proliferating lymphocytes.

(EBV-Transformed Late Germinal Center/Post-Germinal Center B-Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with May-Hegglin anomaly, non-syndromic sensorineural deafness autosomal dominant type 17, Epstein syndrome, Sebastian syndrome, Fechtner syndrome and macrothrombocytopenia with progressive sensorineural deafness and non-diabetic end stage renal disease.

(MYH9 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A white blood cell that is derived from a lymphocyte stem cell matured in the thymus and characterized by a CD8 marker on the surface and an antigen-specific Epstein Barr virus T cell receptor.

(EBV-Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine consisting of a recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) viral vector encoding the gene for the CD4 epitope-rich C-terminal domain of the Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) antigen EBNA1 and fused to the full-length of the EBV-associated antigen latent membrane protein 2 (LMP2), with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities.

(MVA-EBNA1/LMP2 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)