Definition of "apo" []

• In an inactive, unbound state (adjective)

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• "[4] The initial portion of some of these names is derived from the respectful term apo -- "sir," and the attributive copulate ni; thus the original form of Aponitolau probably was Apo ni Tolau, literally"
• "He had a gene called apo E4, which is a high-risk gene for Alzheimer's disease (ii) and also made it hard for him to lower his cholesterol and detoxify mercury from his brain. (iii) He also had a version of a gene for detoxification of metals and other toxins (glutathione-S-transferase, or GST) (iv) that was very inefficient, making him accumulate more toxins over his lifetime."
• "II., as well as the words of Clemens Alex. in the work Quis Dives Salvandus, n. 8, in which the Son is described as apo geneseos mechri tou semeiou ten anthropoteta diatrechon."