SL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does SL mean? 

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

1. a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Sendero Luminoso; Shining Path; SL

Context example:

Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Peru; Republic of Peru (a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes SL cytokine protein, plays a role in the stimulation of hematopoietic progenitor cells.

(FLT3LG wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The formula to calculate body surface area as described by EA Gehan and SL George.

(Gehan and George Body Surface Area Formula, NCI Thesaurus)

Dox-SL is used to treat ovarian cancer, AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma, and multiple myeloma in patients whose disease has not gotten better after treatment with other anticancer drugs.

(Dox-SL, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Dox-SL, Doxil, Evacet, LipoDox, and liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride.

(Doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Dox-SL, Doxil, doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome, Evacet, and LipoDox.

(Liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Dox-SL, Doxil, doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome, Evacet, and liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride.

(LipoDox, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Dox-SL, Doxil, doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome, LipoDox, and liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride.

(Evacet, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Dox-SL, doxorubicin hydrochloride liposome, Evacet, LipoDox, and liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride.

(Doxil, NCI Dictionary)

Dox-SL is a type of anthracycline antitumor antibiotic.

(Dox-SL, NCI Dictionary)