PARAMAGNETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paramagnetic mean? 

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

1. of or relating to a paramagnet

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARAMAGNETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a paramagnet

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

paramagnet (magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it)

Derivation:

paramagnet (magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it)

 Context examples 

A gadolinium chelate paramagnetic contrast agent.

(Gadoterate Meglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

A paramagnetic contrast agent consisting of the disodium salt of the gadolinium ion chelated with the lipophilic moiety ethoxybenzyl (EOB) bound to diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA).

(Gadoxetate Disodium, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, since holmium 166 is paramagnetic, this agent can be used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

(Holmium Ho 166 Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Microspheres, NCI Thesaurus)

MILs are harvested from autologous bone marrow from multiple myeloma patients and, in vitro, are exposed to and activated by anti-CD3/anti-CD28 monoclonal antibodies covalently attached to super-paramagnetic microbeads.

(Activated Marrow Infiltrating Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

A gadolinium complex of diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid with ionic paramagnetic properties.

(Gadopentetate dimeglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

Gadobutrol is a non-ionic, paramagnetic complex consisting of gadolinium (Gd3+) chelated with the macrocyclic compound dihydroxy-hydroxymethylpropyl-tetraazacyclododecane-triacetic acid (butrol).

(Gadobutrol, NCI Thesaurus)

A paramagnetic extracellular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent that facilitates visualization of abnormal vascularity.

(Gadoversetamide, NCI Thesaurus)

A gadolinium-based paramagnetic contrast agent.

(Gadobenate dimeglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

More specifically, allogeneic CD4+ memory Th1-like T cells/microparticle-bound anti-CD3/anti-CD28 are composed of a proprietary preparation of mismatched, allogeneic differentiated CD4+ memory Th1-like T cells bound to paramagnetic, epoxy-covered 4.5 micron microparticles with covalently bound anti-CD3/anti-CD28 monoclonal antibodies at a 2:1 bead:cell ratio.

(Allogeneic CD4+ Memory Th1-like T Cells/Microparticle-bound Anti-CD3/anti-CD28, NCI Thesaurus)