MERMAID
\mˈɜːme͡ɪd], \mˈɜːmeɪd], \m_ˈɜː_m_eɪ_d]\
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A creature, said in fable and fairy tale to live in the sea, having the body of a woman and the tail of a fish.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Maid of the sea, a fabled marine animal, having the upper part like a woman and the lower like a fish:-masc. MERMAN.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Proto Oncogene Proteins c erbB 2
- cell surface protein-tyrosine kinase that is found to be overexpressed in significant number adenocarcinomas. It has extensive homology can heterodimerize EGF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR), 3 receptor (RECEPTOR, 3) and the 4 receptor. Activation of erbB-2 receptor occurs during heterodimer formation with a ligand-bound erbB family members. EC 2.7.11.-.