agglutinin

English

Etymology

From agglutinate +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɡluːtɪnɪn/, [əˈɡluːʔn̩ɪn]

Noun

agglutinin (countable and uncountable, plural agglutinins)

1. A substance that causes particles or cells to clump; it may be an antibody, a lectin, or otherwise.
2. (specifically) A protein found in cow's milk.

Hyponyms

• agglutin

Coordinate terms

• agglutinogen

Derived terms

• agglutinination
• antiagglutinin
• autoagglutinin
• bacterioagglutinin
• cold agglutinin disease
• erythroagglutinin
• haemagglutinin
• hemagglutinin
• isoagglutinin
• leucoagglutinin
• leukoagglutinin
• phytoagglutinin
• zooagglutinin

 

Translations

substance that causes cells to clump

• Kyrgyz: агглютинин (agglyutinin)
• Polish: aglutynina (pl) f
• Portuguese: aglutinina f

Further reading

• agglutinin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia