LESSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lesser mean? 

• LESSER (adjective)
  The adjective LESSER has 2 senses:

1. of less size or importance

2. smaller in size or amount or value

  Familiarity information: LESSER used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LESSER (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of less size or importance

Context example:

the lesser of two evils

Antonym:

greater (greater in size or importance or degree)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Smaller in size or amount or value

Context example:

the lesser anteater

Similar:

little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

 Context examples 

Normal cells provide enough asparagine for their own needs through biosynthesis and are affected to a lesser extent by this treatment.

(Catabolic Pathway for Asparagine and Aspartate, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Lanreotide exhibits a high binding affinity for somatostatin receptor 2 (SSTR-2) and a lesser binding affinity for SSTR-5.

(Lanreotide Long-Acting Aqueous Gel, NCI Thesaurus)

Lesser or smaller in amount, extent, or size.

(Minor, NCI Thesaurus)

TG02 also inhibits, to a lesser extent, TYK2, TYRO3, STAT5 and P38delta.

(CDK/JAK2/FLT3 Inhibitor TG02 Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of two arteries (left gastric and right gastric) that supply blood to the stomach and lesser curvature.

(Gastric Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of two veins (left gastric and right gastric) that drain blood away from the stomach and lesser curvature.

(Gastric Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

FAK inhibitor PF-00562271 inhibits the tyrosine kinase FAK, and to a lesser extent, proline-rich tyrosine kinase (PYK2), which may inhibit tumor cell migration, proliferation, and survival.

(FAK Inhibitor PF-00562271, NCI Thesaurus)

Iodine 131-I-6-beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol accumulates in tissues where steroid hormones are produced, including the adrenal cortex and, to a lesser extent, the ovaries and the testes.

(Iodine I 131-6-Beta-Iodomethyl-19-Norcholesterol, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal increase in the interorbital distance due to overdevelopment of the lesser wings of the sphenoid.

(Hypertelorism, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Lanreotide binds to somatostatin receptors (SSTR), specifically SSTR-2 and also to SSTR-5 with a lesser affinity.

(Lanreotide, NCI Thesaurus)