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noun
A hemagglutinin that causes clumping of the red blood cells of animals of the same species, though not of the individual animal producing it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
an antibody produced by one individual that causes agglutination of red blood cells in other individuals of the same species
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: agglutinin
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh1ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Latin glūtinō Latin agglūtinō Latin agglūtinātuslbor. English agglutinate Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English agglutinin English isoagglutinin From iso- + agglutinin.
