English word origin

Etymology of Hh

Initialism of Hedgehog; the gene and the signaling pathway are named after the protein.

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Source etymology 1

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name

The gene coding for the Hh (Hedgehog) protein. · The signaling pathway involving the Hh (Hedgehog) protein, and its homologues in other animals.

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Initialism of Hedgehog; the gene and the signaling pathway are named after the protein.

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Source etymology 2

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name

A blood group system involving the presence of either the H or the h antigen on the surface of a person's red blood cells.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the two antigenic variants involved in the blood group system (the H and h antigens).

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