See Also: Rapoport-Luebering shunt(medicine)
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bob(8) (iou) and Rapoport-Luebering shunt (medicine)


bob(8) (iou)



bob verb1 trans. obsolete exc. dial. Infl. -bb-. ME.
[Old French bober befool (cf. bobu stupid, and Spanish bobo fool): see BOOBY noun1.]
Make a fool of; deceive; cheat. ME.
bob of, bob out of cheat out of.
Take by deception; filch. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.

Rapoport-Luebering shunt (medicine)


Rapoport-Luebering shunt
Part of the glycolytic pathway characteristic of human erythrocytes in which 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (2,3-P2Gri) is formed as an intermediate between 1,3-P2Gri and 3-phosphoglycerate; 2,3-P2Gri is an important regulator of the affinity of haemoglobin for oxygen.