agglutinin

noun
/əˈɡluːtɪnɪn/

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 From agglutinate + -in.

  1. derived from -inbor

Definitions

  1. A substance that causes particles or cells to clump

    A substance that causes particles or cells to clump; it may be an antibody, a lectin, or otherwise.

  2. A protein found in cow's milk.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for agglutinin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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