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LP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does LP mean?
• LP (noun)
The noun LP has 1 sense:
1. a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
Familiarity information: LP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
L-P; LP
Hypernyms ("LP" is a kind of...):
disc; disk; phonograph record; phonograph recording; platter; record (sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove)
Context examples
Upon administration, telotristat etiprate is converted to its active moiety, telotristat (LP-778902), which binds to and blocks the activity of TPH.
(Carbon C 14 Telotristat Etiprate, NCI Thesaurus)
The LP cells lack CD15 and CD30 in nearly all instances.
(Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A monoclonal B-cell neoplasm characterized by a nodular, or a nodular and diffuse proliferation of scattered large neoplastic cells known as popcorn or lymphocyte predominant cells (LP cells)- formerly called L&H cells for lymphocytic and/or histiocytic Reed-Sternberg cell variants.
(Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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