SPECK
\spˈɛk], \spˈɛk], \s_p_ˈɛ_k]\
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a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
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a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
By Princeton University
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a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
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a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.
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A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit.
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A very small thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money.
By Oddity Software
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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.-.