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EXTERNALIZATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does externalization mean?
• EXTERNALIZATION (noun)
The noun EXTERNALIZATION has 2 senses:
1. attributing to outside causes
2. embodying in an outward form
Familiarity information: EXTERNALIZATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attributing to outside causes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
externalisation; externalization
Hypernyms ("externalization" is a kind of...):
ascription; attribution (assigning to a cause or source)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Embodying in an outward form
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
exteriorisation; exteriorization; externalisation; externalization
Hypernyms ("externalization" is a kind of...):
objectification (the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing)
Context examples
Provides externalization and support of LexGrid-based terminology software (services, persistence, tooling) developed for the Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) initiative.
(LexBIG, NCI Thesaurus)
Although the exact mechanism of action has yet to be fully elucidated, apoptosis inducer MPC-2130 exhibits proapoptotic activities in tumor cells, including membrane phosphatidylserine externalization, release of cytochrome C from mitochondria, caspase activation, cell condensation, and DNA fragmentation.
(Apoptosis Inducer MPC-2130, NCI Thesaurus)
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