PROTEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Proteus mean? 

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

1. (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will

2. type genus of the Proteidae

  Familiarity information: PROTEUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Derivation:

protean (taking on different forms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Type genus of the Proteidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Proteus; Proteus

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

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Proteus"):

olm; Proteus anguinus (European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves)

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

family Proteidae; Proteidae (mud puppies)

 Context examples 

The tiny moon, named Hippocamp, is unusually close to a much larger Neptunian moon called Proteus.

(Tiny Neptune Moon Spotted by Hubble May Have Broken from Larger Moon, NASA)

It is also active against many strains resistant to other cephalosporins, such as Enterobacter species and indole-positive Proteus species.

(Cefamandole, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is usually used for treatment of E. coli, Proteus species (both indole-positive and indole-negative), E. aerogenes, K. pneumoniae, S. marcescens, and Acinetobacter species.

(Kanamycin, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples of overgrowth syndromes include neurofibromatosis, Sotos syndrome, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, Weaver syndrome, Proteus syndrome, Sturge-Weber syndrome, and fragile X syndrome.

(Overgrowth syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

The sodium salt of colistimethate, a broad-spectrum polymyxin antibiotic against most aerobic Gram-negative bacteria except Proteus bacteria.

(Colistimethate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A broad-spectrum polymyxin antibiotic against most aerobic Gram-negative bacteria except Proteus bacteria.

(Colistimethate, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute infection of the prostate gland caused by bacteria, most often Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, Klebsiella , and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

(Acute bacterial prostatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is caused by bacteria, most often Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, Klebsiella , and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

(Acute Prostatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

"With Hubble, now we know that a little piece of Proteus got left behind and we see it today as Hippocamp."

(Tiny Neptune Moon Spotted by Hubble May Have Broken from Larger Moon, NASA)

This scenario is supported by Voyager 2 images from 1989 that show a large impact crater on Proteus, almost large enough to have shattered the moon.

(Tiny Neptune Moon Spotted by Hubble May Have Broken from Larger Moon, NASA)