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de novo

[ dee noh-voh, dey, dih; Latin de noh-woh ]

adverb

  1. anew; afresh; again; from the beginning:

    We reviewed the court’s decision de novo during the rehearing.

  2. independently of external forces; from within; spontaneously:

    Mutations associated with autism often occur de novo rather than through inheritance.



adjective

  1. occurring or arising spontaneously or independently of external forces; spontaneous: de novo synthesis of steroids from cholesterol.

    de novo mutations;

    de novo synthesis of steroids from cholesterol.

  2. made from scratch rather than developed from or based on something preexisting, and hence new, novel, or of a new type: de novo banks.

    de novo protein design;

    de novo banks.

  3. De No·vo, noting or related to a type of FDA classification allowing novel medical devices with no precedent on the market to be sold: De Novo classification.

    a De Novo request;

    De Novo classification.

de novo

/ diː ˈnəʊvəʊ /

adverb

  1. from the beginning; anew
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of de novo1

First recorded in 1620–30; from Latin dē novō “anew, afresh, again”
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Example Sentences

"These de novo or reference-guided assemblers are pretty well-established tools that entail a whole operational pipeline with repeat detection or structural variants' identification being just some of their functionalities," Segarra said.

However, de novo domesticated crops are likely to closely resemble their wild counterparts, which would make weeding challenging.

Today, scientists use advanced technology to design new synthetic drug compounds with the right properties and characteristics, also known as "de novo drug design."

The drug works by impairing one arm of purine production, the "de novo" pathway.

To quickly build a profile of the peptides in an unfamiliar cell, scientists have been using a method called de novo peptide sequencing, which uses mass spectrometry to rapidly analyze a new sample.

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