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her-2

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.82 in modern English

Syllables
her-2
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Receptor which is the target for the drug trastuzumab in chemotherapy.

Uncountable

Etymology

It has similar structure to human epidermal growth factor receptor, or HER. Initialism of Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ErbB-2 (alternative) HER2 (alternative) neu (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Herceptin trastuzumab

Questions

What does her-2 mean?
Receptor which is the target for the drug trastuzumab in chemotherapy.
Where does her-2 come from?
It has similar structure to human epidermal growth factor receptor, or HER. Initialism of Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor 2.

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