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PX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does PX mean? 

PX (noun)
  The noun PX has 1 sense:

1. a commissary on a United States Army postplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A commissary on a United States Army post

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

post exchange; PX

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

commissary (a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel))


 Context examples 


PI3K inhibitor PX-866 inhibits the production of the secondary messenger phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3) and activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, which may result in inhibition of tumor cell growth and survival in susceptible tumor cell populations.

(PI3K Inhibitor PX-866, NCI Thesaurus)

Although its mechanism of action has yet to be fully elucidated, HIF1-alpha inhibitor PX-478 appears to inhibit hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF1A) expression, which may result in decreased expression of HIF1A downstream target genes important to tumor growth and survival, a reduction in tumor cell proliferation, and the induction of tumor cell apoptosis.

(HIF-1alpha Inhibitor PX-478, NCI Thesaurus)



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