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HLH

HLH is the initialism of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

HLH is the initialism of helix-loop-helix.

Meaning of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Noun

hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (usually uncountable, plural hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytoses)

  1. (usually) A haematological disorder characterised by severe hyperinflammation associated with uncontrolled proliferation of activated lymphocytes and macrophages.
    Synonyms:
    HLH

Meaning of helix-loop-helix

Noun

helix-loop-helix (plural helix-loop-helices, abbreviation HLH)

  1. A structural motif where two alpha helices are connected by a highly flexible amino acid loop, allowing the helices to pack together. Usually requires forming a dimer with another HLH protein before binding DNA.

Questions about HLH

What is HLH the initialism of?
HLH is the initialism of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

Words near HLH in the dictionary

  1. HLB
  2. HLBs
  3. Hlebine
  4. Hlegu
  5. hlep
  6. HLH
  7. Hlidek
  8. Hlidhskjalf
  9. Hlipiceni
  10. HLIRG
  11. HLIRGs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: HLH (page history and authors); hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (page history and authors); helix-loop-helix (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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