cross-react
Americanverb (used without object)
Example Sentences
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"The fragmentome can serve as a foundation for building different classifiers for different diseases, and importantly, these classifiers are disease-specific and do not cross-react," Annapragada says.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
Their pollen can cross-react with fruit and vegetables, including kiwi, banana, mango, avocado, grapes, celery, carrot and potato, and some herbs such as caraway, coriander, fennel, pepper and paprika.
From Salon ● May 9, 2024
Flu viruses, diphtheria, and cholera toxin all have sites that cross-react with normal receptor-binding sites and gain entry into cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Since progesterone carries significant side effects and has the potential to cross-react with other commonly used drugs, this recommendation is reckless.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2016
This classification system is biologically relevant, as natural host antibodies that recognize one HA or NA subtype will generally not cross-react with other HA and NA subtypes.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2012
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