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UNMODIFIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unmodified mean? 

UNMODIFIED (adjective)
  The adjective UNMODIFIED has 1 sense:

1. not changed in form or characterplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


UNMODIFIED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not changed in form or character

Similar:

unadapted (not changed in form or character for a purpose)

unrestricted (not restricted or modified in meaning)

Also:

unqualified (not limited or restricted)

Antonym:

modified (changed in form or character)


 Context examples 


Compared to unmodified bouganins, modified bouganins may have a reduced propensity to activate human T cells.

(Citatuzumab Bogatox, NCI Thesaurus)

The Ii-Key moiety, a 4-amino acid (LRMK) epitope from the MHC class II-associated invariant chain (Ii protein), increases T-helper cell stimulation against HER2/neu antigen when compared to unmodified class II epitopes.

(AE37 Peptide/GM-CSF Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The levels did not change at all for the unmodified plants and however, for the modified plants, the concentration of chloroform dropped by 82% after three days.

(Common Houseplant with Genetic Modification Can Remove Polluted Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The hyperacute rejection involves pre-existing human anti-alpha-gal antibodies that bind the foreign alpha-gal epitopes expressed by the vaccine tumor cell xenograft, resulting in complement-mediated cytotoxicity (CMC) and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) towards endogenous lung tumor cells with unmodified carbohydrate epitopes.

(Alpha-1,3-Galactosyltransferase-Expressing Allogeneic Lung Tumor Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)



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