GRENADE
\ɡɹənˈe͡ɪd], \ɡɹənˈeɪd], \ɡ_ɹ_ə_n_ˈeɪ_d]\
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An explosive shell fired by a fuse and usually thrown by hand; a flask or bottle containing chemicals to be thrown and burst, for putting out fires.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small shell of iron or glass, filled with powder and bits of iron, and thrown from the hand, so called from its resembling a pomegranate.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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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.-.