Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An antigen that stimulates the production of a particular agglutinin, such as an antibody.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A substance present in bacteria, immunization with which gives rise to the production of agglutinins.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry Any
antigen that stimulates the production of anagglutinin
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[agglutin(in) + –gen.]
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This factor is agglutinogen and is also called antigen.
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