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Dictionary entry overview: What does Q mean?
• Q (noun)
The noun Q has 1 sense:
1. the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
Familiarity information: Q used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Q" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("Q" is a member of...):
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)
Context examples
A fusion gene that results from a rearrangement of the q arm of chromosome 11 which fuses the exon 6 of the MLL gene to exon 8 of the CBL gene.
(MLL/CBL Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare disorder caused by loss of part of the long arm (Q arm) of human chromosome 5.
(Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Isolated del(5q), NCI Dictionary)
The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Accidental loss of small amounts of urine?
(OAB-q - Accidental Loss of Urine, NCI Thesaurus)
Guanine Nucleotide-Binding Protein G(q) Subunit Alpha (353 aa, ~41 kDa) is encoded by the human GNAQ gene.
(Guanine Nucleotide-Binding Protein G(q) Subunit Alpha, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha, plays a role in the regulation of phospholipase C-beta activation.
(GNAQ wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
C. burnetti is pathogenic, being the causative agent of Q fever.
(Coxiella burnetii, NCI Thesaurus)
A laboratory assay to determine the status of the GNAQ gene which encodes guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha.
(GNAQ Gene Expression Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)
A somatic mutation of the GNAQ gene which encodes guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha.
(GNAQ Gene Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)
The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Affected your relationships with family and friends?
(OAB-q - Affected Your Relationships with Family and Friends, NCI Thesaurus)
The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Awakened you during sleep?
(OAB-q - Awakened You During Sleep, NCI Thesaurus)
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