In the English language, we can alter the meaning of a word using a group of morphemes known as affixes. A prefix is an affix. It is located in the front of the root word. One example is the prefix "neo-" in the term "neocortex"....
In most other species that have been studied, the MHC is referred to by the LA symbol (for lymphocyte or leukocyte antigen), prefixed by an abbreviation of the species' common name. Thus, it is called ChLa in the chimpanzee, GoLA in the gorilla, RhLA in the rhesus macaque, RLA in ...
TheASTM Grading Systemassigns each metal a letter prefix based on its general category (“A” for iron-based alloys and steel materials) and a sequentially allocated number corresponding to that metal’s unique qualities. In contrast, theSAE Grading Systememploys a four-digit number. The first t...
(e.g., 123-456-7890), which may be generalized to an area code and telephone prefix (e.g. 123-456-XXXX), and further generalized to the area code only (e.g., area code 123). Domain generalization hierarchies may be provided for each data type in the common data model. Domain ...