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pennant(1) (iou) and myeloperoxidase (medicine)


pennant(1) (iou)



pennant noun1. LME.
[Blend of PENNON and PENDANT noun.]
a. = PENNON 1. (rare before E19.) LME.
R. Rendell The pennants on the turrets streamed in the wind, taut and fluttering.
b. Nautical. A sharply tapering flag; spec. one flown at the masthead of a ship in commission. Cf. earlier PENDANT noun 5b. L17.
broad pennant a short swallow-tailed pennant marking a commodore's ship in a squadron.
R. Travers Swanhilda..ran up her signal flag, a pennant which gave her number and port of registration.
c. Sport. A flag symbolizing a league championship or identifying a team; the championship itself. N. Amer. L19.
G. Adair A Bob Dylan poster and a college Football team pennant were pinned to the walls. attrib.: New York Times The Red Sox..a pennant contender, did not lose more than 4 Games in..the entire season.
Nautical. = PENDANT noun 5a. E17.
pennanted adjective having or decorated with a pennant or pennants M19.

myeloperoxidase (medicine)


myeloperoxidase
<enzyme> Peroxidase found in the lysosomal granules of myeloid cells, particularly macrophages and neutrophils, responsible for generating potent bacteriocidal activity by the hydrolysis of hydrogen peroxide produced in the metabolic burst) in the presence of halide ions. A metallo enzyme containing iron. Deficiency of myeloperoxidase is not fatal and it is reportedly absent entirely in chickens.