INS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does INS mean? 

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

1. an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Immigration and Naturalization Service; INS

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

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Meronyms (parts of "INS"):

United States Border Patrol; US Border Patrol (the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States)

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

Department of Homeland Security; Homeland Security (the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security)

 Context examples 

The three main somatomedins are Somatomedin C (IGF1), Somatomedin A (IGF2), and Somatomedin B. Single chain IGFs I and II share about 47% amino acid homology with insulin (INS) and 31% with relaxin.

(Insulin-like growth factor, NCI Thesaurus)

Expression of a fusion protein that results from the insertion mutation ins(5;11)(q31;q13q23), which involves the human genes MLL and AFF1 and is associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(MLL-AF4 Fusion Protein Expression, NCI Thesaurus)

Human INS wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 11p15.5 and is approximately 2 kb in length.

(INS wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal insertion ins(12;8)(p11;p11p22) that fuses exon 4 of the FGFR1OP2 gene with exon 9 of the FGFR1 gene.

(FGFR1OP2/FGFR1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

C peptide (31 aa, ~3 kDa) is encoded by the human INS gene.

(C Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)

A chromosomal insertion ins(12;8)(p11;p11p22) of this gene and the FGFR1 gene is associated with stem cell myeloproliferative disorder.

(FGFR1OP2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A chromosomal aberration involving this gene and the MLL gene, insertion ins(5;11)(q31;q13q23), is associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(AFF4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human insulin protein (110 aa, 12 kDa) is encoded by the human insulin (INS) gene.

(Insulin, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers grew human prostate cancer cells in laboratory dishes along with human muscle cells—stand-ins for the smooth muscle surrounding the prostate gland and the striated muscle of the urethral sphincter at the base of the prostate.

(Proximity to muscle cells may promote spread of prostate cancer cells, National Institutes of Health)