name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
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name
Meaning 2
Initialism of National Education Union.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 3
Abbreviation of neuroglioblastoma cell line.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of HER-2.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, oncology, sciences
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Synonyms: HER-2
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History
Etymology
From the German and Jewish surname, from the adjective neu (“new”).
The name of this oncogene is abbreviated from a neuroglioblastoma cell line, from which it was originally isolated in rats.