2,3-DPG. An organic phosphate in red blood cells that alters the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen. Blood cells stored in a blood bank lose 2,3-diphosphoglycerate, but once they are infused, the substance is resynthesized or reactivated.
Definition of soft fold. : the fold that results when paper is lapped.
nail fold the fold of palmar skin around the base and sides of the nail. neural fold one of the paired folds lying on either side of the neural plate that form the neural tube. palmate folds a system of folds on the anterior and posterior walls of the cervical canal of the uterus.