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Z
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
Example:
he doesn't know A from izzard
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Z" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("Z" is a member of...):
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The ending of a series or sequence
Example:
the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end
Synonyms:
omega; Z
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Z" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)
Context examples:
A Z indicates that the highest-priority side groups are on the same side and an E indicates that the highest-priority side groups are on opposite sides.
(E-Z Notation, NCI Thesaurus)
Fascia adherens, similar to a zonula adherens, is a half Z line found in the cardiac muscle as one of the three intercalated disks.
(Fascia Adherens, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiogram (ECG) lead placement for determining 3 orthogonal components X (right to left direction), Y (foot to head direction) and Z (back to front direction) of the heart.
(Lead Placement Frank, NCI Thesaurus)
The goodness of fit statistic for the terminal elimination phase, adjusted for the number of time points used in the estimation of Lambda z.
(Adjusted R Squared, NCI Thesaurus)
It is calculated by averaging the radiation dose delivered over x,y and z directions and expressed in the SI unit of Gray (Gy).
(Computed Tomography Dose Index Volume, NCI Thesaurus)
The upper limit on timing values to be included in the calculation of Lambda z.
(Lambda Z Time Upper Limit, NCI Thesaurus)
Peptides in IMA950 consist of the following: brevican (BCAN); chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4); fatty acid binding protein 7, brain (FABP7); insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein 3 (IGF2BP3); neuroligin 4, X-linked (NLGN4X); neuronal cell adhesion molecule (NRCAM); protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor-type, Z polypeptide 1 ( PTPRZ1); tenascin C (TNC); Met proto-oncogene (MET); baculoviral IAP repeat-containing 5 (BIRC5); and hepatitis B virus core antigen.
(Glioblastoma Multiforme Multipeptide Vaccine IMA950, NCI Thesaurus)
The affibody is an optimized antibody mimetic based on a 6.5-kDa 3-helical bundle Z domain derived from the staphylococcal protein A (Z her2:342); the nonbinding surface of the Z domain is reengineered (Z her2:2891) to increase binding affinity for HER2 and to improve tumor imaging.
(Gallium Ga 68-labeled Affibody ABY-025, NCI Thesaurus)
Either a point at which there is a maximum or minimum of a radiation dose or the center point of a radiation field where the origin of the coordinate system is (x, y, z) = (0, 0 ,0).
(Isocenter, NCI Thesaurus)
LC/MS is a hyphenated technique, combining the separation power of liquid chromatography (LC), an analytical chromatographic technique for separating ions or molecules dissolved in a solvent, with the detection power of mass spectrometry(MS), a technique to separate gas phase ions according their m/z (mass to charge ratio) value.
(Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)
