See Also: epiglycanin(medicine)

meaningful (oh) and epiglycanin (medicine)


meaningful (oh)



having a meaning that is easy to understand and makes sense
::Without more data we cannot make a meaningful comparison of the two systems.
::Teaching history to five-year-olds in a meaningful way can be very difficult.
meaningful to
::Rules must be put in a context that is meaningful to the children.
meaningful look/glance/smile etc
a look that clearly expresses the way someone feels, even though nothing is said
::Sam and Barbara exchanged meaningful glances.
serious, important, or useful
::They want a chance to do meaningful work .
::I want a mature and meaningful relationship.
::a meaningful conversation
-- meaningfully adv

epiglycanin (medicine)


epiglycanin
<protein> Very extensively glycosylated transmembrane glycoprotein found in TA3 Ha mouse mammary carcinoma cells and that may mask histocompatibility antigens. Functionally analogous to episialin but there is no sequence homology in the protein.