marker
marker
Definition
marker (mär′kər)
noun
a person or thing that marks; specif.,
- a person who keeps score in a game
- a device for keeping score
- a device for marking lines, as on a tennis court
- a bookmark
- a gravestone
- ☆ a milestone or similar sign
- genetic marker
marker
Synonyms
marker
n.
marker
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- resorption: Aspirin and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use in elderly women: effects on a marker of bone resorption.
- inflammation: The team looked at their blood for evidence of markers of inflammation.
- turnover: The use of biochemical markers of bone turnover in osteoporosis.
Converse of object
- erase: Dry erase markers write on and wipe off just as easily on the sleeves as on the card itself.
Adjective modifier
- biochemical: The use of biochemical markers of bone turnover in osteoporosis.
- surrogate: Given the chronic nature of the disease, surrogate markers for survival are used in clinical trials.
- polymorphic: The main bottleneck for the feasibility of whole genome association studies is the scarcity of dense polymorphic markers across the whole genome.
- molecular: Samples were then run on an ABI 377 gene scan analysis gel with an internal molecular weight marker.
- prognostic: In this analysis, there is a suggestion that elevated c-fos expression is a good prognostic marker for patients with refractory colorectal carcinoma.
- genetic: The prognostic significance of the genetic markers was also assessed.
Modifies a noun
- pen: With a marker pen, put a small dot on the base of the dish at either end of each root tip.
- gene: Early in the GE process, antibiotic resistance marker genes are used to ' mark ' GE crops, for example.
- genotype: Marker assisted Technique in which selection of the best animals for breeding purposes is selection aided by the marker genotype.
- biopsy: Transurethral tumor marker biopsies were obtained one week before the first instillation of the drug and one week after the last.
Noun used with modifier
- microsatellite: However despite much effort to automate their use, microsatellite markers do have disadvantages.
- paintball: We're proud to present a paintball marker like no other.
- serum: Also, the measurement of serum markers may vary between laboratories.
- tumor: This means that most work done on most tumor markers is almost worthless.
- discourse: For example, a discourse marker may signal importance.
- tumor: At the completion of high-dose chemotherapy, all tumor markers had returned to normal in 6 patients.
Browse dictionary entries near marker
- markedly
- marked up
- marked down
- marked
- markdown
- Markan
- marka
- mark up
- mark-to-market
- mark time
