LAMBDA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

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

Greek alphabet (the alphabet used by ancient Greeks)

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Context examples:

The determination of the amount of free lambda light chain present in a sample.

(Free Lambda Light Chain Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the free kappa light chain to the free lambda light chain in a biological specimen.

(Free Kappa Light Chain to Free Lambda Light Chain Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A measurement of the free lambda light chain in a biological specimen.

(Free Lambda Light Chain Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

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

(Multiple Myeloma-Light Chain Only, NCI Thesaurus)

A cloning vector derived from the bacteriophage lambda.

(Cosmid Vector, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes Ig lambda-1 chain C regions, is involved in innate immunity.

(IGLC1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The resource provides sequence assembly services such as plasmid, PCR product, lambda, cosmid, PAC, BAC DNA templates sequencing, and consultation services and protocols for designing sequencing strategies and for the preparation of substrates.

(DNA Sequencing Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

Human immunoglobulin kappa and/or lambda light chains detected in their free form in serum or urine samples as a result of overproduction by plasma cells in excess over heavy chains due to neoplastic plasma cell proliferations.

(Free Immunoglobulin Light Chain, NCI Thesaurus)

Lambda light chains are encoded by multiple V, J, and C gene segments, which are separated in the genomes of cells undifferentiated with regard to antibody gene expression.