Slit or SLIT may refer to:

Science and technology

Slit (protein) Slit is a family of secreted extracellular matrix proteins which play an important signalling role in the neural development of most bilaterians (animals with bilateral symmetry). While lower animal species, including insects and nematode wor ...

, in genetics, the midline repellent signaling molecule *

Slitting Roll slitting is a shearing operation that cuts a large roll of material into narrower rolls. There are two types of slitting: log slitting and rewind slitting. In log slitting the roll of material is treated as a whole (the 'log') and one or mo ...

, a shearing operation that cuts a large roll of material into narrower rolls *

Sublingual immunotherapy Allergen immunotherapy, also known as desensitization or hypo-sensitization, is a medical treatment for environmental allergies (such as insect bites) and asthma. Immunotherapy involves exposing people to larger and larger amounts of allergens i ...

(SLIT), immunotherapy that involves putting allergen extracts under the tongue

Other uses

Slit trench A defensive fighting position is a type of Earthworks (engineering)#Military use, earthwork constructed in a military context, generally large enough to accommodate anything from one soldier to a fire team (or similar sized unit). Terminology ...

, a defensive fighting position in warfare *

Slit Woods Slitt Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of County Durham, England. It occupies the valley of Middlehope Burn, a tributary of the River Wear, which it joins at Westgate, just south of the site. The site ...

, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England *

Arrowslit An arrowslit (often also referred to as an arrow loop, loophole or loop hole, and sometimes a balistraria) is a narrow vertical aperture in a fortification through which an archer can launch arrows or a crossbowman can launch Crossbow bolt, bolts ...

or loophole, a defensive slot in the wall of a building that allows archers to fire at invaders if the building is threatened

Science and technology

Other uses

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