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GP

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Overview

GP (noun)
  The noun GP has 1 sense:

1. a physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnessesplay

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


English dictionary: Word details


GP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

general practitioner; GP

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

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "GP"):

country doctor (a doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospital)

family doctor (a general practitioner who treats all the family members)


 Context examples 


Farletuzumab specifically targets at glycoprotein 3 (GP-3), a cell surface antigen that is overexpressed on many epithelial-derived cancer cells.

(Farletuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent also inhibits platelet aggregation by antagonizing platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptors, thereby preventing thrombus formation.

(Epoprostenol Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, carbon C 11 N-desmethyl-loperamide acts as a substrate for the efflux transporter P-gp.

(Carbon C 11 N-desmethyl-Loperamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Unlike other taxane compounds, this agent is a poor substrate for the membrane-associated, multidrug resistance (MDR), P-glycoprotein (P-gp) efflux pump and may be useful for treating multidrug-resistant tumors.

(Cabazitaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine comprised of a recombinant fowlpox virus vector encoding the melanoma antigen glycoprotein 100 (gp 100) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(gp100-Fowlpox Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) harvested from host blood and stimulated in vitro with tumor-specific gp 100 antigen.

(gp100-Pulsed Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

P-gp prevents the intestinal uptake and intracellular accumulation of various cytotoxic agents.

(P-glycoprotein Inhibitor HM30181AK, NCI Thesaurus)

Silybin modulates P-glycoprotein (P-gp)-mediated cellular efflux; has oxygen radical-scavenging effects; inhibits the arachidonic acid pathway; and inhibits various cytochrome P450 enzymes.

(Phosphatidylcholine-Bound Silybin, NCI Thesaurus)

A combination formulation composed of a capsule containing the taxane compound paclitaxel and a tablet containing the multidrug resistance (MDR) efflux pump P-glycoprotein (P-gp) inhibitor HM30181A, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Oraxol, NCI Thesaurus)

Unlike other taxane compounds, milataxel appears to be a poor substrate for the multidrug resistance (MDR) membrane-associated P-glycoprotein (P-gp) efflux pump and may be useful for treating multidrug-resistant tumors.

(Oral Milataxel, NCI Thesaurus)



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