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hooray (iou) and Rapoport-Luebering shunt (medicine)


hooray (iou)



hooray noun, interjection, & verb. Also hurray. L17.
[Alt. of HURRAH. Cf. HURROO.]
A. noun. A shout of 'hooray!', a cheer. L17.
b. interjection.
Expr. approval, encouragement, enthusiasm, or delight. L18.
Goodbye. Austral. & NZ colloq. L19.
C. verb intrans. Shout 'hooray!'. L18.
Comb.: Hooray Henry a rich but ineffectual young man, esp. one who is fashionable, extroverted, and conventional.

Rapoport-Luebering shunt (medicine)


Rapoport-Luebering shunt
Part of the glycolytic pathway characteristic of human erythrocytes in which 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (2,3-P2Gri) is formed as an intermediate between 1,3-P2Gri and 3-phosphoglycerate; 2,3-P2Gri is an important regulator of the affinity of haemoglobin for oxygen.