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Avatar: (Av-Uh-Tahr, Av-Uh-Tahr) Spell Syllables

This document defines and provides examples for the word "avatar". It is defined as 1) the descent of a deity to earth in a physical form, 2) the embodiment of a principle or view of life, 3) a graphical representation of a person online, 4) a mouse implanted with human cells to test drug therapies, and 5) a hybrid creature controlled by a human in science fiction. The word origin is Hindu mythology.

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Avatar: (Av-Uh-Tahr, Av-Uh-Tahr) Spell Syllables

This document defines and provides examples for the word "avatar". It is defined as 1) the descent of a deity to earth in a physical form, 2) the embodiment of a principle or view of life, 3) a graphical representation of a person online, 4) a mouse implanted with human cells to test drug therapies, and 5) a hybrid creature controlled by a human in science fiction. The word origin is Hindu mythology.

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avatar

[av-uh-tahr, av-uh-tahr]
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noun
1.
Hindu Mythology. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnateform or s
ome manifest shape; the incarnation of a god.
2.
an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view oflife.
3.
Digital Technology. a graphical image that represents a person, as onthe Inte
rnet.
4.
Also called avatar mouse, mouse avatar. a mouse that is implantedwith ce
lls or tissue freshly extracted from a human being, as to testdrug therapies fo
r an individual patient or to study a disease process:
Researchers transplanted samples of the patients tumor into speciallybred a
vatars.
5.
(in science fiction) a hybrid creature, composed of human and alienDNA and
remotely controlled by the mind of a genetically matchedhuman being.

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