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Eleuthera

Eleuthera, a 160-km-long thin Bahamian island 58 miles east of Nassau, settled in 1648 by the Eleutheran Adventurers, once a pineapple exporter, now a tourism destination with Harbour Island nearby.

EleutherAI

EleutherAI is a non-profit AI research collective founded in July 2020 by Connor Leahy, Sid Black, and Leo Gao, which released GPT-Neo, GPT-J, GPT-NeoX-20B, and The Pile dataset.

Eleutherius

Eleutherius was Bishop of Rome, in Catholic reckoning a pope, leading the Roman church for about fifteen years in the late second century under Marcus Aurelius and Commodus.

Eleutherna

Eleutherna (Ελεύθερνα) was an ancient city in west-central Crete, about 25 kilometers from Rethymnon on Mount Ida's slopes, occupied into the Byzantine era and excavated by the University of Crete since 1985.

Eleutherna Bridge

Hellenistic corbel arch bridge at ancient Eleutherna (Ελεύθερνα), Crete, near Rethymno; limestone dry masonry, about 9 m long, 3.85 m span, damaged in 1883, preserved nearly complete.

Eleutherococcus

Eleutherococcus (Siberian ginseng, eleuthero, Acanthopanax) is an Araliaceae genus of about 29 thorny Asian shrub species; E. senticosus root is an EU traditional herbal medicine for asthenia and a Soviet-era adaptogen.

Eleutherococcus senticosus

Eleutherococcus senticosus, also known as Siberian ginseng or eleuthero, is a spiny shrub of the ginseng family native to the Russian Far East, China, Korea, and Japan.

Eleutherodactylus

Eleutherodactylus (robber frogs, rainfrogs, coquis) is a genus of 211 direct-developing frog species in Eleutherodactylidae, native to the West Indies, Texas, and Middle America, with E. planirostris introduced worldwide.

Eleutheronema tetradactylum

Eleutheronema tetradactylum, the fourfinger threadfin or Indian salmon, is an Indo-West Pacific polynemid fish with four pectoral filaments, protandrous hermaphroditism, high commercial value in fisheries and aquaculture, and a 2025 near-telomere-to-telomere genome assembly.

Elevance Health

Elevance Health, formerly known as Anthem until 2022, is an American health insurance company operating Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in 14 states under the Anthem brand.

Elevance Renewable Sciences

Elevance Renewable Sciences was a renewable specialty-chemicals manufacturer in Woodridge, Illinois, founded in 2007 as a Cargill and Materia spinoff, converting natural oils into waxes and other chemicals via olefin metathesis.

Elevar India

Elevar India is the India-focused early-growth impact venture franchise of Elevar Equity, a Seattle venture capital firm founded in 2008 that invests in companies serving low-income customers.

Elevara Medicines

Elevara Medicines is a London-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing ELV001, an oral CDK4/6 inhibitor licensed from Japan's Teijin Pharma, as a therapy for rheumatoid arthritis.

ELEVATE trial

ELEVATE trial (NCT04340349), a Mexican randomized double-blind placebo-controlled Early Phase 1 trial testing hydroxychloroquine 200 mg/day plus bromhexine 8 mg/8h for 60 days to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers; no results posted.

ELEVATE UC 12 trial

ELEVATE UC 12 (NCT03996369, APD334-302) was Arena Pharmaceuticals' phase 3, double-blind trial of etrasimod 2 mg daily vs placebo for 12-week induction in moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis; 354 randomized, remission 24.8% vs 15.2%.

ELEVATE UC 52 trial

ELEVATE UC 52 (NCT03945188), phase 3 trial of etrasimod 2 mg daily for ulcerative colitis; 12-week induction plus 40-week maintenance, 433 randomized, supporting 2023 FDA approval of Velsipity.

Elevated alkaline phosphatase

Elevated alkaline phosphatase (raised ALP, hyperphosphatasemia): serum elevation of a multi-tissue ectoenzyme, usually from bone (osteoblastic disease) or liver (cholestasis), also placenta and intestine; evaluated by GGT and isoenzyme fractionation.

Elevated blood glucose level

Elevated blood glucose level, or hyperglycemia, is excessive blood glucose, classified in ICD-11 as MA18.0. It spans prediabetes (FPG 100–125 mg/dL) to diabetes (FPG ≥126 mg/dL, A1C ≥6.5%) and causes DKA and hyperosmolar state.

Elevated C-reactive protein

Elevated C-reactive protein (raised CRP, hs-CRP elevation; ICD-11 MA14.15) is a nonspecific blood marker of inflammation from infection, trauma, or chronic disease; normal below 0.3 mg/dL, marked above 10 mg/dL.

Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR, sed rate, Westergren sedimentation rate): red cells settle faster than normal in one hour, a nonspecific marker of inflammation; ICD-11 MA1A.0.

Elevated mood

Elevated mood (ICD-11 MB24.8, 高揚気分) is a symptom of persistently elated or expansive mood, coded under mood/affect signs; pathological when persistent and impairing, it is the entry feature of manic episodes in bipolar I disorder.

Elevated plus maze

The elevated plus maze is a widely used rodent test of anxiety-like behavior, in which avoidance of an elevated maze's open arms measures anxiety and drug effects.

Elevated transaminases

Elevated transaminases (hypertransaminasemia): raised serum ALT and AST, found in about 10-20% of people. Main causes are fatty liver disease and alcohol; AST/ALT ratio over 2 suggests alcohol-related injury, under 1 NAFLD.

Elevation

Elevation is the height of a point above a vertical datum such as NAVD 88 or the geoid. Measured by leveling, GNSS, lidar, and radar DEMs like SRTM and Copernicus DEM.

Elevation Capital

Elevation Capital, formerly SAIF Partners India, is an India-focused early-stage venture capital firm founded by Ravi Adusumalli and co-led with Mukul Arora, known for early investments in Paytm, Swiggy, and Meesho.

Elevation Church

Elevation Church is a nondenominational multi-site megachurch headquartered in Matthews, North Carolina, founded in 2006 by Steven Furtick, with about 20 campuses, 17,000 weekly attendees, and the worship brand Elevation Worship.

Elevation Rhythm

Elevation Rhythm, also ELEVATION RHYTHM, is a youth worship music collective formed 2019 at Elevation Church, Charlotte, NC, offshoot of Elevation Worship; albums Growing Pains, This Is the Gospel, Victory Lap, and WASHED (2026), with first No. 1 single "WASHED."

Elevation Worship

Elevation Worship is the worship band of Elevation Church, a Charlotte, North Carolina megachurch founded in 2006 by pastor Steven Furtick; its songs have topped Christian charts and won a Grammy.

Elevations RTC

Elevations RTC, formerly Island View RTC (rebranded 2014), is a for-profit residential treatment center in Syracuse, Utah, for adolescents of all genders ages 13-17/18, owned by Family Help & Wellness, marked by licensing violations, lawsuits, and abuse allegations.

Elevator

An elevator, also called a lift, is a vertical transport vehicle carrying passengers or goods between building floors, made practical by Elisha Otis's 1853 safety brake.