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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
Synonyms:
wye; Y
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Y" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("Y" 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Y" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
Holonyms ("Y" is a substance of...):
fergusonite (a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals)
gadolinite; ytterbite (a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium)
xenotime (a brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form)
Context examples:
Neuropeptide Y receptor type 5 (445 aa, ~51 kDa) is encoded by the human NPY5R gene.
(Neuropeptide Y Receptor Type 5, NCI Thesaurus)
Nuclear transcription factor Y subunit alpha (347 aa, ~37 kDa) is encoded by the human NFYA gene.
(Nuclear Transcription Factor Y Subunit Alpha, NCI Thesaurus)
A chromosomal deletion in the pseudoautosomal region 1 of either chromosome X or Y causing fusion of this gene with the CRLF2 gene is associated with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
(P2RY8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): "Y" designates that the PerformedActivity is missed.
(Performed Activity Missed Indicator, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
He were afraid of none, not he; on'y Silver—Silver was that genteel.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
This allele, which encodes neuropeptide Y receptor type 5 protein, plays a role in diverse physiological functions as a receptor for neuropeptide Y.
(NPY5R wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in binding to neuropeptide Y.
(NPY5R Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes neuropeptide Y protein, plays a role in the regulation of appetite, female reproductive functions and angiogenesis.
(NPY wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in diverse physiological functions as a receptor for neuropeptide Y.
(NPY1R Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes neuropeptide Y receptor type 1 protein, plays a role in diverse physiological functions as a receptor for neuropeptide Y.
(NPY1R wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
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