Q

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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 

• Q (noun)

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)