ST. LOUIS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does St. Louis mean? 

• ST. LOUIS (noun)
  The noun ST. LOUIS has 2 senses:

1. the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century

2. king of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)

  Familiarity information: ST. LOUIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ST. LOUIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Gateway to the West; Saint Louis; St. Louis

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("St. Louis" is a part of...):

Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)

Sense 2

Meaning:

King of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Louis IX; Saint Louis; St. Louis

Instance hypernyms:

King of France (the sovereign ruler of France)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

 Context examples 

“Our data provide novel evidence for the role of yogurt in the early stage of colorectal cancer development,” said study coauthor Dr. Yin Cao of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

(Eating Yogurt May Lower Risk of Colon Cancer in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, previously engineered a scaffold to guide stem cells into cartilage-producing cells.

(Stem cells grown on scaffold mimic hip joint cartilage, NIH)

A new study now adds kidney disease to the list, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System.

(Breathing Dirty Air May Harm Kidneys, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

New research by Washington University in St. Louis scientists show that it might soon be possible to engineer plants to develop their own fertilizer.

(Bacteria Used to Create Fertilizer Out of Thin Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Partner institutions include St. Louis Children's Hospital and BJC Healthcare.

(Alvin J Siteman Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

Since 2005, researchers have enrolled 560 children from 4 cities: Baltimore, Boston, New York, and St. Louis.

(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)

According to a team from the Washington University in St. Louis.

(Novel Technology Uses Bacteria for Cleaning Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Now, researchers on three continents — including biologists from Washington University in St. Louis — have mapped the crystal structure of a key protein that makes the metabolites responsible for the bitter taste in Brassicas.

(Is a milder mustard on the way?, National Science Foundation)

Christoph Laske, M.D. and his research team at the University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany analyzed data generated from 275 individuals (average age 38.4) who carry a genetic mutation for ADAD and are participating in the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's Network (DIAN), an international observational study of individuals and families with ADAD led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

(Rare Alzheimer's Disease Patients May Delay Cognitive Decline with Exercise, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In this laboratory study, researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, the Cleveland Clinic, the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston introduced ZIKV to glioblastoma tissue samples removed from cancer patients as part of their treatment, as well as to healthy human neural tissue cultures.

(Zika virus selectively infects and kills glioblastoma cells in mice, National Institutes of Health)