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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A substance, such as an antibody, that is capable of causing agglutination of a particular antigen, especially red blood cells or bacteria.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An adaptation-product produced by immunization with the corresponding cells (red blood-corpuscles or bacteria), which causes the clumping or coalescence of the cells used in immunization. The agglutinins are receptors of the second order (Ehrlich), being composed of a special zymophoric group and a haptophoric group, which latter effects the union with the cell. The bacillary agglutinins in their action upon motile bacteria cause arrest of motility. See also agglutination test.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A substance that causes cells to clump.
  2. n. specifically A protein found in cow's milk.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen

Etymologies

  1. agglutin(ation) + -in. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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