Lexic.us

Definition of Tat

1. Noun. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.

2. Verb. Make lacework by knotting or looping.

3. Noun. A projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture.

Definition of Tat

1. n. Gunny cloth made from the fiber of the Corchorus olitorius, or jute.

2. n. A pony.

Definition of Tat

1. to make tatting [v TATTED, TATTING, TATS]

Medical Definition of Tat

1. An HIV protein that helps produce new complete HIV RNA genomes (see), and ultimately new virus, from the HIV DNA genetic template present in infected cells. Tat may also be involved in: 1) the reactivation of other latent viruses in people with AIDS, such as JC virus, the cause of PML, 2) the development of AIDS-related KS by stimulating the formation of new blood vessels, and 3) the triggering of anergy and apoptosis in CD4 cells. (16 Dec 1997)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tat

taste property taste ridge taste sensation taste tester taste threshold tastier tastiest tastily tastiness tastinesses

tasting tastings tasty tasty tat (current term) TAT tat-associated kinase Tatahumara tatami tatamis

Tatar tatars Tatary tataupa TATA box Tate tater taters tates tath

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