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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 character
Familiarity information: UNMODIFIED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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