KEYHOLE LIMPET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keyhole limpet mean? 

• KEYHOLE LIMPET (noun)
  The noun KEYHOLE LIMPET has 1 sense:

1. marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex

  Familiarity information: KEYHOLE LIMPET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEYHOLE LIMPET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Diodora apertura; Fissurella apertura; keyhole limpet

Hypernyms ("keyhole limpet" is a kind of...):

limpet (any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas)

Holonyms ("keyhole limpet" is a member of...):

Fissurella; genus Fissurella (type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets)

 Context examples 

A carbohydrate-based immunostimulant comprised of the Globo H hexasaccharide 1 (Globo H) epitope linked to the immunostimulant carrier protein keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Globo H-KLH Immunostimulant OPT-822, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptide vaccine containing an epitope of human tumor-associated KSA antigen (Ep-CAM) conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(KSA-KLH Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A chimeric lymphoma vaccine generated by combining the recipient's Ig idiotype (Id) protein with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), an immune stimulant, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(KLH-Lymphoma Ig Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptide vaccine, containing human tumor-associated epithelial mucin (MUC1) conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(MUC1-KLH Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptide vaccine containing human mucin 2 (MUC2) protein conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(MUC-2-KLH Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A cell-based vaccine composed of allogeneic dendritic cells (DC), pulsed with patient-specific non-Hodgkin's lymphoma idiotype (Id) determinants conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), with potential antitumor activity.

(Dendritic Cell-Idiotype-Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Keyhole limpet hemocyanin is an immunogenic carrier protein that, in vivo, increases antigenic immune responses to haptens and other weak antigens such as idiotype proteins.

(Keyhole limpet hemocyanin, NCI Thesaurus)

KLH, a natural protein isolated from the marine mollusk keyhole limpet, is an immunostimulant carrier protein.

(KLH-FITC, NCI Thesaurus)

A vaccine consisting of myeloma-specific immunoglobulin conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), an immune stimulant, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Myeloma Ig Id-KLH Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptide vaccine containing the human tumor-associated antigen epithelial mucin (MUC1 antigen) conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) and combined with the nonspecific immunoadjuvant QS21, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(MUC1-KLH Vaccine/QS21, NCI Thesaurus)