Entrez
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A search system that finds medical and genetic information from many databases
- proper noun
- Specialized
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Entrez
- To retrieve the latest publications on cancer research, you should search through Entrez.
Examples
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The Entrez database provides access to a wide range of genomic resources.
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POIROT: Entrez, Pierre Michel.
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- Entrez, Dreyfus.
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MS. KIDD: Entrez vous.
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Researchers often use Entrez to find specific genetic information in biomedical studies.
Surface Forms
Entrez main
Etymology
Entrez comes from the French verb entrer, which means 'to enter' and is the same idea as English enter. That's why Entrez is a name for a search system — you 'enter' a query to go into many biomedical and genomic databases.
