MOIETY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moiety mean? 

• MOIETY (noun)
  The noun MOIETY has 2 senses:

1. one of two (approximately) equal parts

2. one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe

  Familiarity information: MOIETY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOIETY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two (approximately) equal parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

mediety; moiety

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

half; one-half (one of two equal parts of a divisible whole)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of two basic subdivisions of a tribe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

social group (people sharing some social relation)

Holonyms ("moiety" is a member of...):

folk; tribe (a social division of (usually preliterate) people)

 Context examples 

The anti-CA6 monoclonal antibody moiety of SAR566658 targets and binds to the cell surface antigen CA6.

(Anti-CA6-DM4 Immunoconjugate SAR566658, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration of anti-CD19 antibody-drug conjugate SGN-CD19A, the antibody moiety targets the cell surface antigen CD19, found on a number of B-cell-derived cancers.

(Anti-CD19 Antibody-Drug Conjugate SGN-CD19A, NCI Thesaurus)

A nanoparticle bound to another moiety of interest via a chemical or physical interaction.

(Nanoparticle Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

The monoclonal antibody moiety of ASG-5ME selectively binds to AGS-5.

(Anti-AGS-5 Antibody-Drug Conjugate ASG-5ME, NCI Thesaurus)

The Fab moiety of naptumomab estafenatox binds to 5T4, an antigen expressed by various tumor cells.

(Naptumomab Estafenatox, NCI Thesaurus)

The Fc portion of MEDI-551 does not contain a fucose sugar moiety, which may contribute to its enhanced ADCC activity.

(Anti-CD19 Monoclonal Antibody MEDI-551, NCI Thesaurus)

The monoclonal antibody moiety of this immunoconjugate binds to CD27L on tumor cell surfaces.

(Anti-CD27L Antibody-Drug Conjugate AMG 172, NCI Thesaurus)

Replacing the beta-lactam sulfur atom for an oxygen atom and the presence of the methyltetrazolethio moiety and the para-hydroxyphenylmalonyl group, increases the antibacterial activity of moxalactam.

(Moxalactam, NCI Thesaurus)

Broad- spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic similar in structure to the CEPHALOSPORINS except for the substitution of an oxaazabicyclo moiety for the thiaazabicyclo moiety of certain CEPHALOSPORINS.

(Moxalactam, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The Fv portion of anti-CD22 immunotoxin CAT-8015 binds to CD22, a cell surface receptor expressed on a variety of malignant B-cells, thereby delivering the toxin moiety PE38 directly to tumor cells.

(Moxetumomab Pasudotox, NCI Thesaurus)