ISOLATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isolating mean? 

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

1. relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOLATING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles

Similar:

analytic; uninflected (expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection)

 Context examples 

The probes are pools of cDNAs, which are generated after isolating mRNA from cells or tissues in two states that one wishes to compare.

(cDNA Microarray Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)

Isolating the molecule and treating germ-free flies with it was sufficient to slow down the speedwalkers.

(Gut bacteria may control movement, National Institutes of Health)

A state of separation; the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others; marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements.

(Isolation, NCI Thesaurus)

Isolating these rare CTCs from the blood of cancer patients, however, has been a technical challenge.

(Isolated cancer cells may lead to personalized treatments, NIH)

However, isolating CD8 T- cells and obtaining the genetic signature was not straightforward, making the test unlikely to be scaleable and achieve widespread use.

(New prognostic test could enable personalised treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, University of Cambridge)

Focal delivery has been primarily directed at uptake by the hepatocyte basolateral membrane and has included direct intraparenchymal injection, portal venous infusion, hepatic arterial infusion, and surgical systems for temporarily isolating the liver from the vasculature.

(Intrabiliary Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

A therapeutic agent produced by isolating tumor cells from an individual and processing these tumor cells into a vaccine formulation in vitro; the vaccine is then administered to the individual from whom the tumor cells were isolated.

(Autologous Tumor Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The process of isolating and testing the DNA of an embryo or a person to detect the presence of genetic alterations or defects that may predispose to the future development of a disease or disorder.

(Genetic Testing, NCI Thesaurus)