SNP

See also: snp

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snɪp/
• Rhymes: -ɪp
• Homophone: snip

Noun

SNP (plural SNPs)

1. (biochemistry) Acronym of single-nucleotide polymorphism, a single base pair of DNA which is polymorphic with respect to a population.
   • 2016 February 10, “Parallel Evolution of Polydactyly Traits in Chinese and European Chickens”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Our results also identified the causative mutation of polydactylous Silkie was not exist in other nonpolydactyly chickens, suggesting that SNP of polydactyly in Silkie has fully penetrated all other indigenous Chinese chicken breeds.

Derived terms

• eigenSNP

Related terms

• SNV (“single-nucleotide variant”)

Further reading

• Single-nucleotide polymorphism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs ɛn ˈpiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

SNP (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of sodium nitroprusside, a particular vasodilator (the nitroprusside of sodium).

Further reading

• Sodium nitroprusside on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs ɛn ˈpiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Proper noun

SNP

1. (UK politics) Initialism of Scottish National Party.
   • 2025 March 23, Libby Brooks and Severin Carrell, “‘Hostile environment’ drives many of SNP’s female MSPs to step down before 2026 vote”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     These concerns were shared by other SNP women who told the Guardian there was a chronic lack of support from the party, including for those with younger families.

Further reading

• Scottish National Party on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• spn, PNS, PSN, PNs, SPN, NPs, NPS

Slovak

Noun

SNP n

1. initialism of Slovenské národné povstanie: Slovak National Uprising

Further reading

• “SNP”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026