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AGGLUTININ
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("agglutinin" is a kind of...):
antibody (any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agglutinin"):
isoagglutinin (an antibody produced by one individual that causes agglutination of red blood cells in other individuals of the same species)