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Definition: PSA |
PSANoun1. A protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "PSA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1650. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | PSA Problem Statement Analizer. See PSL/PSA. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Agriculture | Packers and Stockyards Act. (references) |
Health | Prostate-specific antigen. A substance produced by the prostate that may be found in an increased amount in the blood of men who have prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, or infection or inflammation of the prostate. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PSA | Danish | Prostata specifikt antigen | Medicine |
PSA | English | Public Service Advertisement.E'l'equivalente americano della nostra Pubblicit Progresso PSA è un tipo di campagna di pubblico interesse alla quale aderiscono gratuitamente i mezzi stampa,radio e TV. | N/A |
PSA | French | Programme spécial d'assistance | Finance, Social Sciences |
PSA | German | Persönliche Schutzausrüstung | Labor |
PSA | Greek | προστατικό ειδικό αντιγόνο | Medicine |
PSA | Italian | Protezione Svizzera degli Animali PSA | Food & Agriculture, Biology & Biotechnology |
PSA | Latin | RM:Protecziun Svizera dals Animals PSA | N/A |
PSA | Spanish | Antígeno prostático específico | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: PSASynonym: prostate specific antigen (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: PSA |
| English words defined with "PSA": prostate specific antigen, PSA blood test. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PSA": biomarkers ♦ Piscis Austrinus ♦ TLAs, tumor marker. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "PSA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (Swiss Animal Protection SAP). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Konec agenta W4C prostrednictvím psa pana Foustky (1967) Hamster PSA (1997) League of Women Voters PSA (1996) V den psa (1994) Podivné jméno pro psa (1993) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | High levels of PSA in the blood may be a sign of prostate cancer. (references) | |
Both PSA and ultrasound tests enhance detection when added to DRE screening. (references) | ||
It cannot be determined from earlier studies whether PSA screening will reduce prostate cancer mortality. (references) | ||
Business | Ford followed by Vauxhall and the PSA Peugeot-Citroen conglomerate are ranked one, two and three as suppliers to the British market. (references) | |
Economic History | Russia | The finance and tax ministries oppose PSA implementation on revenue grounds and the Ministry of Finance especially is complicating coordination of the tax regime in the new tax code with the extant PSA law. (references) |
Azerbaijan | The first PSA was granted to the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) in 1994 to develop the offshore Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli field. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | Talks are also underway to build a gas pipeline from Baku to Turkey for the export of gas from a BP-operated PSA at Shah Deniz. (references) | |
Human Rights | India | On June 9, a series of detentions and arrests under the PSA followed protests over the killings of 6 women in Kashmir. (references) |
Bangladesh | In response to a deteriorating law and order situation, Parliament passed the restrictive new PSA in January 2000. The law established special tribunals to hear cases under the act, and made particular offenses non-bailable. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Trials conducted under the SPA, the PSA, and the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act are similar to normal trials, but are tried without the lengthy adjournments typical in other cases. (references) | |
Political Economy | Bangladesh | A court case challenging the constitutionality of the PSA remained pending at year's end. (references) |
Trade | Singapore | As a testimony of its excellent efficiency and quality service, PSA Corporation was voted the 'Best Container Terminal' at the prestigious Lloyd's List Maritime Asia Awards 2000 for two consecutive years. (references) |
Singapore | The PSA Corporation Limited operates the world's largest container transhipment hub in Singapore. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Zimbabwe | Although civil servants constitutionally are barred from forming unions, the PSA, and its affiliated associations, have become members of the ZCTU. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "PSA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 61.11% of the time. "PSA" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 61.11% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 27.78% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (common) | 11.11% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "PSA": psa blood test. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
psa | 1,026 | psa result | 19 |
psa test | 241 | psa 128max | 17 |
psa level | 101 | psa prostate cancer | 17 |
psa grading | 74 | plano psa | 16 |
airline psa | 65 | psa test result | 15 |
psa server | 64 | psa 10 | 14 |
nike psa | 59 | psa inc | 13 |
prostate psa | 51 | jax psa | 13 |
psa software | 46 | psa baseball card | 12 |
psa solution | 35 | 182 flight psa | 12 |
free psa | 32 | free psa test | 12 |
psa card | 31 | psa count | 11 |
psa blood test | 28 | nike psa 120 | 11 |
jacksonville psa | 27 | nike psa 64 | 10 |
psa testing | 26 | after cancer prostate prostatectomy psa radical recurrence | 10 |
psa dna | 24 | prostrate psa | 10 |
nike psa 128 | 21 | psa 128 | 10 |
prostate psa test | 20 | cancer psa | 10 |
elevated psa | 20 | prostate psa level | 10 |
psa card grading | 19 | psa disc | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "PSA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | forstaerket vindue (PSA MOB window). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | ramen volgens de PSA method of building (PSA MOB window). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | méthode PSA de construction des fenêtres (PSA MOB window), dosage de l'antigène prostatique spécifique (PSA testing). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Fensterbau gemaess Spezifikationen der "Property Services Agency". (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | finestre costruite secondo il metodo PSA (PSA MOB window), analisi del PSA (prostate-specific antigen testing, PSA testing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | apsay prueba del antígeno específico de la próstata (prostate-specific antigen testing, PSA testing), prueba del AEP (prostate-specific antigen testing, PSA testing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PSA": psalm, psalmbook, psalmbooks, psalmed, psalmic, psalming, psalmist, psalmists, psalmodies, psalmody, psalms, psalter, psalteria, psalteries, psalterium, psalters, psaltery, psaltries, psaltry, psammite, psammites, psammon, psammons. (additional references) | |
Words containing "PSA": capsaicin, capsaicins, dipsades, dipsas, gripsack, gripsacks, hopsack, hopsacking, hopsackings, hopsacks, keepsake, keepsakes, knapsack, knapsacked, knapsacks, lapsable, postlapsarian, prelapsarian, ripsaw, ripsaws, sapsago, sapsagos, topsail, topsails, upsadaisy, whipsaw, whipsawed, whipsawing, whipsawn, whipsaws. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: asp, pas, sap, spa. | |
| Words within the letters "a-p-s" | |
-1 letter: as, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-p-s" | |
+1 letter: alps, amps, apes, apse, asps, baps, caps, daps, gaps, gasp, haps, hasp, laps, maps, naps, pacs, pads, pals, pams, pans, paps, pars, pase, pash, pass, past, pats, paws, pays, peas, pias, pyas, raps, rasp, salp, samp, saps, slap, snap, soap, spae, spam, span, spar, spas, spat, spay, spaz, swap, taps, upas, waps, wasp, yaps, zaps. | |
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