HELIOS

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• HELIOS (noun)
  The noun HELIOS has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun; drove his chariot across the sky each day; identified with Roman Sol

  Familiarity information: HELIOS used as a noun is very rare.

• HELIOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun; drove his chariot across the sky each day; identified with Roman Sol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes zinc finger protein Helios, plays a role in the regulation of both transcription and development of hematopoietic cells.

(IKZF2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)