HYBRID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hybrid mean? 

• HYBRID (noun)
  The noun HYBRID has 3 senses:

1. a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., 'monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

2. a composite of mixed origin

3. (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species

  Familiarity information: HYBRID used as a noun is uncommon.

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

1. produced by crossbreeding

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYBRID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., 'monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

hybrid; loan-blend; loanblend

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

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Domain category:

Latin (any dialect of the language of ancient Rome)

Domain region:

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A composite of mixed origin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices

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

complex; composite (a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts)

Derivation:

hybridize (breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cross; crossbreed; hybrid

Context example:

a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey

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

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hybrid"):

dihybrid (a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each)

monohybrid (a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas))

Derivation:

hybrid (produced by crossbreeding)

hybridize (breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties)

• HYBRID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produced by crossbreeding

Synonyms:

hybrid; intercrossed

Similar:

crossbred (bred from parents of different varieties or species)

Derivation:

hybrid ((genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species)

 Context examples 

EL625 hybridizes with p53 mRNA molecules, and induces Rnase H dependent hydrolysis of p53 transcripts in the double stranded section of the hybrids, thereby resulting in loss of p53 production.

(EL625, NCI Thesaurus)

An enediyne antineoplastic antibiotic hybrid containing an anthranilate moiety.

(Esperamicin A1, NCI Thesaurus)

A hybrid cell with cytoplasm (or cytoplasmic components) of one cell inserted into another cell.

(Cybrid, NCI Thesaurus)

A hybrid polar compound that induces terminal differentiation and/or apoptosis in various transformed cells.

(Carboxycinnamic Acid Bishydroxamide, NCI Thesaurus)

A cell-based cancer vaccine consisting of hybrid cells created by electrofusing autologous dendritic cells (DCs) and autologous lymphoma cells with potential immunostimulating and antitumor activities.

(Autologous Lymphoma Cell/Autologous Dendritic Cell Electrofusion Hybrid Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived from a cross between a C57BL/6 female and a C3H male, this hybrid strain is commonly used in the production of transgenic mice.

(B6C3 Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

A hybrid gene created by joining portions of two different genes (to produce a new protein) or by joining a gene to a different promoter (to alter or regulate gene transcription).

(Fusion gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Any hybrid gene formed from two previously separate genes.

(Gene Fusion, NCI Thesaurus)

In conjunction with a tumor antigen, this hybrid peptide is used to potentiate antigen presentation and consequently prime cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses.

(OVA BiP Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)

“Courage, child!” they heard the tall man exclaim in strange hybrid French.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)