HERCULEAN
\hˈɜːkjʊlˌi͡ən], \hˈɜːkjʊlˌiən], \h_ˈɜː_k_j_ʊ_l_ˌiə_n]\
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Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
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Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs.
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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Of exceeding strength and power; huge; vast; very difficult; from Hercules, the hero of Grecian mythology, possessed of superhuman strength.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Extremely difficult or dangerous, such as might have been done by Hercules, a Greek hero famous for his strength: of extraordinary strength and size.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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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.-.