INDUCING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inducing mean? 

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

1. act of bringing about a desired result

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDUCING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of bringing about a desired result

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

inducement; inducing

Context example:

inducement of sleep

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

causation; causing (the act of causing something to happen)

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

corruption (inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony))

Derivation:

induce (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner)

induce (cause to arise)

induce (cause to occur rapidly)

 Context examples 

Upon administration, anti-CD19-CAR retroviral vector-transduced autologous T cells direct the T-lymphocytes to CD19-expressing tumor cells, thereby inducing selective toxicity in CD19-expressing tumor cells.

(Anti-CD19-CAR Retroviral Vector-Transduced Autologous T Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

DR5 is a tumor cell surface ligand that crosslinks with death receptor type 4 (DR4) when bound by TRAIL [Tumor necrosis (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand], triggering apoptosis via a death receptor signaling pathway.

(Anti-DR5 Agonist Monoclonal Antibody TRA-8, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand, TRAIL, and tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand.

(Apo-2L, NCI Dictionary)

This agent also inhibits the anti-apoptotic mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway and modulates the balance between the MAPK and pro-apoptotic stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK/JNK) pathways, thereby inducing apoptosis.

(Miltefosine, NCI Thesaurus)

Angiotropin is nonmitogenic but promotes angiogenesis by inducing migration of endothelial cells.

(Angiotropin, NCI Thesaurus)

Agents that are capable of inducing a total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensation and pain.

(Anesthetic Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Like cytochrome C, AIF (apoptosis-inducing factor) is a protein found in mitochondria that is released from mitochondria by apoptotic stimuli.

(AIF Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Amphetamine appears to exert its central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral effects indirectly by inducing the release of biogenic amines from their storage sites in nerve terminals.

(Amphetamine, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent also suppresses the induction of DNA repair protein Rad51, thereby potentiating the activities of DNA damage-inducing agents.

(Amuvatinib, NCI Thesaurus)

Agents that modulate the activity of kinesins, specifically those that produce inhibitory effects, interfere with mitotic spindle assembly, organization and eventually, chromosome alignment and segregation, thereby inducing mitotic arrest.

(Mitotic Kinesin Modulator, NCI Thesaurus)