Meaning & use
agglutinin
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A substance, especially an antibody, that causes particles such as red blood cells or bacteria to clump together.
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The lab test detects agglutinins that indicate a specific blood type.
Certain plant proteins act as agglutinins, binding to sugars on cell surfaces.
A note on using this word
The root 'agglutinate' comes from Latin 'agglutinare,' to glue to, describing how these molecules cause clumping.
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