AGGLUTINOGEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("agglutinogen" is a kind of...):

antigen (any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agglutinogen"):

isoagglutinogen (an antigen capable of causing the production of (or reacting with) an isoagglutinin)

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