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GAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Alliterative term for girl (or woman)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gal" is a kind of...):
fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman (a young female)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("gal" is a kind of...):
United States liquid unit (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)
Meronyms (parts of "gal"):
quart (a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon)
Holonyms ("gal" is a part of...):
barrel; bbl (any of various units of capacity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("gal" is a kind of...):
acceleration unit (a unit for measuring acceleration)
Context examples:
The hyperacute rejection involves the binding of pre-existing human anti-alpha-gal antibodies (which naturally occur against gut flora) to murine alpha-gal epitopes, resulting in the rapid activation of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) towards allograft cells.
(Algenpantucel-L, NCI Thesaurus)
The participants with ISM experienced more severe reactions than those without ISM, even though they had lower levels of antibodies to alpha-gal.
(NIAID scientists link cases of unexplained anaphylaxis to red meat allergy, National Institutes of Health)
Giving him private directions to seek the society of Mrs. Crupp, and to remove the “young gal” to the basement also, I abandoned myself to enjoyment.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
This finding builds on evidence that mast cell abnormalities may increase the likelihood of people developing allergies and experiencing severe reactions, including allergies and reactions to alpha-gal.
(NIAID scientists link cases of unexplained anaphylaxis to red meat allergy, National Institutes of Health)
Mr. Peggotty ruffled his hair again, with both hands, as a further preparation for what he was going to say, and went on, with a hand upon each of his knees: There was a certain person as had know'd our Em'ly, from the time when her father was drownded; as had seen her constant; when a babby, when a young gal, when a woman.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
This distribution may occur because most people with an allergy to alpha-gal, including all six participants evaluated at NIH, have a history of bites from juvenile Ambylomma americanum, or Lone Star ticks.
(NIAID scientists link cases of unexplained anaphylaxis to red meat allergy, National Institutes of Health)
The young gal was re-engaged; but on the stipulation that she should only bring in the dishes, and then withdraw to the landing-place, beyond the outer door; where a habit of sniffing she had contracted would be lost upon the guests, and where her retiring on the plates would be a physical impossibility.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Six of the 70 study participants evaluated for unexplained frequent anaphylaxis tested positive for an allergy to galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or alpha-gal, a sugar molecule found in beef, pork, lamb and other red meats.
(NIAID scientists link cases of unexplained anaphylaxis to red meat allergy, National Institutes of Health)
But we were not in condition to judge of this fact from the appearance of the gravy, forasmuch as the young gal had dropped it all upon the stairs—where it remained, by the by, in a long train, until it was worn out.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The six adult male participants all had IgE antibodies — immune proteins associated with allergy — to alpha-gal in their blood.
(NIAID scientists link cases of unexplained anaphylaxis to red meat allergy, National Institutes of Health)
