rort
Americannoun
noun
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a rowdy party or celebration
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a dishonest scheme
verb
Other Word Forms
- rorty adjective
Etymology
Origin of rort
Back formation from rorty boisterous, rowdy, in earlier British slang: jolly, fine, splendid; of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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In this study the authors show that SMAD4a key signal transducer activated by TGF receptor ligationforms a complex with the transcriptional repressor SKI, and together they suppress transactivation of RORt and TH17 cell differentiation.
From Nature
Lower panel: mean fluorescence intensity of RORt expression in ILC4neg cells; = 3.
From Nature
To test further whether RA-induced LTi maturation requires RORt, we determined if differentiation of RAR dominant-negative ILC cells is restored by enforced expression.
From Nature
Lower panel: mean fluorescence intensity of RORt expression in ILC4neg cells; = 3.
From Nature
Lower panel: mean fluorescence intensity of RORt expression in ILC4neg cells; = 3.
From Nature
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