KAPPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kappa mean? 

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

1. the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• KAPPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

Holonyms ("kappa" is a member of...):

Greek alphabet (the alphabet used by ancient Greeks)

 Context examples 

Scientists have identified 3 types of opioid receptors: mu, delta, and kappa.

(Designing more effective opioids, NIH)

As a toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) agonist, entolimod binds to and activates TLR5 thereby stimulating tumor necrosis factor production and activating nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB).

(Entolimod, NCI Thesaurus)

IgA less than 3.0 g/dL, c. Urinary kappa or lamda less than 4 g/24 hours.

(DS Stage I Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)

Naltrexone reverses the effects of opioid analgesics by binding to the various opioid receptors in the central nervous system, including the mu-, kappa- and gamma-opioid receptors.

(Naltrexone, NCI Thesaurus)

Furthermore, dexanabinol inhibits the activity of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB), thereby preventing the expression of NF-kB target genes, such as tumor necrosis factor alpha, cytokines and inducible nitric oxide synthase.

(Dexanabinol, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents transcription of certain genes involved in cancer-associated signaling pathways; it specifically inhibits the transcription of both NF-kappa B and heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1) and simultaneously activates p53.

(FACT Complex-targeting Curaxin CBL0137, NCI Thesaurus)

Another target of delta-FosB is the dynorphin gene, the ligand for the kappa opioid receptor, further altering reward responses to drugs.

(FosB Drug-induction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Nalbuphine hydrochloride binds to kappa-, mu- and delta-opioid receptors but not to sigma-opioid receptors.

(Nalbuphine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Only the light chain (kappa or lambda) of the immunoglobulin is defective.

(Multiple Myeloma-Light Chain Only, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent binds to mu-opioid receptors with a high affinity, and a lesser degree to kappa- and gamma-opioid receptors.

(Naloxone Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)