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ARTEMIS
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• ARTEMIS (noun)
The noun ARTEMIS has 1 sense:
1. (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
Familiarity information: ARTEMIS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Artemis; Cynthia
Instance hypernyms:
Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Context examples
This allele, which encodes protein artemis, plays a role in the mediation of both V(D)J recombination and DNA repair via nonhomologous end joining.
(DCLRE1C wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
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