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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Synonyms:
Penn; Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)
Holonyms ("University of Pennsylvania" is a part of...):
Keystone State; PA; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
Holonyms ("University of Pennsylvania" is a member of...):
Ivy League (a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige)
Context examples:
Children who eat fish at least once a week sleep better and have IQ scores that are 4 points higher, on average, than those who consume fish less frequently or not at all, according to new findings from the University of Pennsylvania.
(Weekly Fish Consumption Linked to Better Sleep, Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The research from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, observed that T helper (Th) 17 cells were much more prevalent in the gum tissue of humans with periodontitis than in the gums of their healthy counterparts, and that the amount of Th17 cells correlated with disease severity.
(Researchers identify immune culprits linked to inflammation and bone loss in gum disease, National Institutes of Health)
Because some studies have found links between higher levels of CRP and ESR with greater body mass index (BMI), Michael George, MD MSCE, of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and his colleagues sought to determine the extent to which obesity biases these markers.
(Obesity May Influence Rheumatoid Arthritis Blood Tests, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine used high-powered microscopy and rheometry — the measurement of how materials become deformed in response to applied force — to view that process in real time and at the cellular level.
(How And Why Blood Clots Shrink, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
