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adoptive
adjective(adop-tive)
made or acquired by adoption
adoptive
adjective(adop-tive)
of or relating to adoption
adoptive
noun(adop-tive)
the transfer of immune cells with antitumor activity into a patient to mediate tumor regression; especially : treatment typically for cancer in which lymphocytes removed from a patient are cultured with interleukin-2 and are returned to the patient's body
adoptive
noun(adop-tive)
one's parent by adoption : a parent who has adopted a child

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