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allergoid

noun

Etymology

From allergy + -oid.

  1. derived from ἄλλος — “other”
  2. borrowed from Allergie
  3. suffixed as allergoid — “allergy + oid”

Definitions

  1. A protein that has been modified for use in desensitization protocols, or for induction…

    A protein that has been modified for use in desensitization protocols, or for induction of oral/sublingual tolerance.

    • It is known that allergoids obtained by treatment with aldehydes are randomly cross-linked proteins of high molecular weight and their standardization is very difficult.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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