AGGLUTININ

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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)

Credits