IDENTIFIABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does identifiable mean? 

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

1. capable of being identified

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IDENTIFIABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being identified

Similar:

acknowledgeable (capable of being acknowledged)

classifiable; distinctive (capable of being classified)

diagnosable (capable of being diagnosed)

placeable; recognisable; recognizable (capable of being recognized)

specifiable (capable of being specified)

Antonym:

unidentifiable (impossible to identify)

Derivation:

identify (recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something)

identify (identify as in botany or biology, for example)

 Context examples 

A living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains data through intervention or interaction with the individual or through identifiable private information.

(Human Study Subject, NCI Thesaurus)

Each HMG subfamily is a distinct set of proteins with identifiable structural characteristics and a specific type of targets to induce characteristic changes in the structure of its binding site.

(HMG Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

A prominent or identifiable aspect, region, or site of interest.

(Feature, NCI Thesaurus)

A living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting research obtains data through intervention or interaction with the individual, or identifiable private information.

(Human Study Subject, Food and Drug Administration)

Metastasis in the form of small clusters of malignant cells identifiable only under the microscope.

(Micrometastasis, NCI Thesaurus)

A map of the locations of identifiable landmarks on DNA (for example, restriction enzyme cutting site, genes), regardless of inheritance.

(Physical Map of the Human Genome, NCI Thesaurus)

May or may not have an identifiable glandular component.

(Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

All cell types, depending on their functions, have unique, identifiable signatures - special characteristics such as which genes are active and what proteins or other cellular products are manufactured by the cell.

(Molecular Fingerprint of Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Removal of text elements that would make data individually identifiable.

(Deidentification, NCI Thesaurus)

A segment of DNA with an identifiable physical location on a chromosome and whose inheritance can be followed.

(Genetic marker, NCI Thesaurus)