INNATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does innate mean? 

• INNATE (adjective)
  The adjective INNATE has 3 senses:

1. not established by conditioning or learning

2. being talented through inherited qualities

3. present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

  Familiarity information: INNATE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INNATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not established by conditioning or learning

Synonyms:

innate; unconditioned; unlearned

Context example:

an unconditioned reflex

Similar:

naive (inexperienced)

Derivation:

innateness (the quality of being innate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Being talented through inherited qualities

Synonyms:

born; innate; natural

Context example:

an innate talent

Similar:

intelligent (having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree)

Derivation:

innateness (the quality of being innate)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

Synonyms:

congenital; inborn; innate

Similar:

nonheritable; noninheritable (not inheritable)

Derivation:

innateness (the quality of being innate)

 Context examples 

In the absence of pain, morphine interferes with normal body function and is viewed as a pathogen, activating the brain's innate immune cells and causing the release of inflammatory chemicals such as cytokines.

(Why Women May Feel More Pain Than Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This protein is involved in the regulation of the innate host defense through the production of hypohalous acids.

(Myeloperoxidase, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the modulation of signaling pathways that stimulate the innate immune response.

(Myeloid Differentiation Primary Response Protein Myd88, NCI Thesaurus)

Fondaparinux selectively binds to antithrombin III, thereby potentiating the innate neutralization of activated factor X (Factor Xa) by antithrombin.

(Fondaparinux, NCI Thesaurus)

When there is an abnormality in the expression of these clock genes, the body’s innate immunity can go into overdrive.

(New study sheds fresh light on the genetic mechanisms involved in sepsis, the leading cause of death in ICUs, University of Granada)

This gene plays a role in the innate immunity of humans to a non-pathogenic species of African trypanosomes.

(HPR Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in innate host defense and tissue remodeling.

(Neutrophil Elastase, NCI Thesaurus)

Fondaparinux sodium selectively binds to antithrombin III, thereby potentiating the innate neutralization of activated factor X (Factor Xa) by antithrombin.

(Fondaparinux sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

ILCs have received less attention despite their critical role in mounting the innate immune response.

(Rapid-response immune cells are fully prepared before invasion strikes, NIH)

Protease-activated receptors, such as those activated by thrombin, are members of G protein-coupled receptors and function as a mediator of innate immunity.

(Complement and Coagulation Cascade, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)