heteroagglutinin

heteroagglutinin
A form of hemagglutinin, one that agglutinates the red blood cells of species other than that in which the h. occurs. SEE ALSO: hemagglutinin.

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het·ero·ag·glu·ti·nin .het-ə-rō-ə-'glüt-ən-ən n a hemagglutinin found in serum and reacting with heterologous red blood cells

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het·ero·ag·glu·ti·nin (het″ər-o-ə-glooґtĭ-nin) an agglutinin with reactive specificity for particulate antigen(s) in one or more species other than the species in which it originates.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • heteroagglutinin — het·ero·agglutinin …   English syllables

  • heteroagglutinin — |hed.ə(ˌ)rō+ noun Etymology: heter + agglutinin : a hemagglutinin found in serum and reacting with red cells of animals of other species than the one producing the serum …   Useful english dictionary

  • idioheteroagglutinin — An idioagglutinin occurring in the blood of one animal, but capable of combining with the antigenic material from another species. [idio + G. heteros, another, + agglutinin] * * * id·io·het·ero·ag·glu·ti·nin (id″e o het″ər o… …   Medical dictionary

  • heter- — combining form or hetero Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin, from Greek, from heteros; akin to Greek heis, hen one more at same …   Useful english dictionary

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