IN PART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in part mean? 

• IN PART (adverb)
  The adverb IN PART has 1 sense:

1. to some extent; in some degree; not wholly

  Familiarity information: IN PART used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN PART (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To some extent; in some degree; not wholly

Synonyms:

in part; part; partially; partly

Context example:

He was partially paralyzed

 Context examples 

TMAO is a dietary byproduct that is formed by gut bacteria during digestion and is derived in part from nutrients that are abundant in red meat.

(Study links frequent red meat consumption to high levels of chemical associated with heart disease, National Institutes of Health)

One of the actions of interferon is to induce apoptosis of infected target cells, in part through a mitochondrial dependent mechanism.

(Interferon Signaling Modulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The breast cancer susceptibility protein Brca2 and the RecQ helicase BLM (Bloom syndrome mutated) are tumor suppressors that maintain genome integrity, at least in part, through HR.

(Homologous Recombination Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This is due at least in part to the merger of the two galaxies, which has triggered waves of star formation.

(Chandra Samples Galactic Goulash, NASA)

Although this agent was developed in part as an anti-KRAS agent, L-778,123 failed in a Phase I trial to inhibit KRAS, which is associated with many types of solid tumors.

(L-778,123, NCI Thesaurus)

The decision by the cell to either remain in G1 or progress into S phase is the result in part of the balance between cyclin E production and proteolytic degradation in the proteasome.

(Cyclin E Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Early-phase LTP (E-LTP) expression is due, in part, to this phosphorylation of the AMPA receptor.

(Long-Term Potentiation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Taken together, these results show that cocaine acts, at least in part, by boosting ΔFosB levels in the nucleus accumbens, which in turn lowers G9a expression.

(What Causes Cocaine Addiction, NIH, US)

Scientists say it is hard to predict where Tiangong-1 will hit Earth in part because of its low orbit and high velocity.

(Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth, VOA)

A tumor composed, wholly or in part, of cells with the morphologic characteristics of histiocytes and with various fibroblastic components.

(Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)