PRECIPITIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("precipitin" 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)

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