conjugate
2
9.9
- noun
- /ˈkɒndʒʊɡeɪt/
- Specialized
:
fase conjugada
- Before the development of Hib conjugate vaccines in the 1980s, Hib was a major cause of pediatric meningitis (3).
Examples
-
Seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) is effective against vaccine serotype disease and carriage.
Academic text (2014) -
In 2010, Burkina Faso became the first country to introduce the meningococcal serogroup A conjugate vaccine (PsA-TT).
Academic text (2014) -
In part, this may be a result of universal immunization with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the United States.
Academic text (2005) -
The meningococcal conjugate group C vaccine gives long-term immunity and is now in widespread use.
Academic text (2014) -
In addition, it assists in stabilizing gaze during head and body movements by generating conjugate, smooth eye movements.
Academic text (1999) -
Even at that time, the potential of so-called antibody-drug conjugates was becoming obvious to scientists.
Blog text (4) -
The introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine will probably exacerbate this effect.
Academic text (2012) -
Affibody-drug conjugates are significantly smaller than ADCs, which can potentially increase both their tissue and tumor penetration.
Academic text (2017) -
Since the introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, nasopharyngeal carriage of serotype 15A has increased (13).
Academic text (2012) -
A conjugate is formed when two immiscible liquids create distinct phases, each containing some of the other dissolved.
Synonyms
One of two liquid layers that form when two partly mixed liquids separate, each layer rich in a different liquid
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.7
A complex number with the same real part and the imaginary part with the opposite sign
- Specialized
One of two liquid layers that form when two partly mixed liquids separate, each layer rich in a different liquid
Surface Forms
Morphology
conjugate = con + jug + ate
This noun sense is derived from the same Latinate combining form and is a specialised usage; learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from 'con' + 'jug' + '-ate'.
Etymology
Conjugate comes from con- 'together' and jugare 'to yoke', and as a noun it names one of a paired layer or solution that forms when two liquids separate but still hold some of each other. So each conjugate is one part of a pair of joined phases with different amounts of the liquids.