ENL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ENL mean? 

• ENL (noun)
  The noun ENL has 1 sense:

1. an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face

  Familiarity information: ENL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ENL; erythema nodosum leprosum

Hypernyms ("ENL" is a kind of...):

erythema nodosum (skin condition characterized by tender red nodules on the shins and legs)

Holonyms ("ENL" is a part of...):

Hansen's disease; leprosy (chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes protein ENL, plays a role in the activation of transcription by RNA polymerase II.

(MLLT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the N-terminal half of the histone-lysine N-methyltransferase MLL protein, including the AT hook DNA binding domain and the DNA methyltransferase domain, fused to almost the entire protein ENL.

(MLL/MLLT1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)