STALAGMITE
\stˈalɐɡmˌa͡ɪt], \stˈalɐɡmˌaɪt], \s_t_ˈa_l_ɐ_ɡ_m_ˌaɪ_t]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A cone of carbonate of lime on the floor of a cavern, formed by the dripping of water from the roof.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Stalagmitic.
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An incrustation on the floor of a cavern; the counterpart of a cavern; the counterpart of a stalactite, often rising to join it.
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Stalagmitical.
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.-.