ECLECTICS
\ɪklˈɛktɪks], \ɪklˈɛktɪks], \ɪ_k_l_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_k_s]\
Definitions of ECLECTICS
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By William R. Warner
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[Gr., picking out.] Properly, any who borrow from other systems of thought to complete their own. In this sense Plato and Aristotle, and perhaps all thinkers, are eclectics. But the name was specially applied in the second century to the New Platonists of Alexandria.
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See Neoplatonism.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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.-.