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- noun Plural form of
agglutinin .
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Examples
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She also examined cholesterol and blood chemistry in syphilis and skin diseases, agglutinins, and the correlation between metabolic inorganic and organic levels in blood, saliva and urine.
Frances Krasnow. 2009
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His work on the agglutinins of typhoid fever mentioned above was followed by the work on viruses for which he is nowadays justly famous.
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In view of all the facts it must be admitted that the agglutinins and immune bodies are the result of corresponding reactive processes, and are probably related to one another.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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E. Duclaux, for this reason, considers that agglutinins are coagulative ferments.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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ZILVA, S. S.: The action of deficient nutrition on the problem of agglutinins, complement and amboceptor.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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It should also be stated that agglutinins are used up in the process of agglutination, apparently combining with some element of the bacterial structure.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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In the second group, the anti-substance, in addition to combining with the antigen, produces some recognizable physical change in it; the precipitins and agglutinins may be mentioned as examples.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The phenomenon of agglutination depends essentially on the union of molecules in the bacteria -- the agglutinogens -- with the corresponding agglutinins, but another essential is the presence of a certain amount of salts in the fluid, as it can be shown that when agglutinated masses of bacteria are washed salt-free the clumps become resolved.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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As regards the mode of action of agglutinins, Gruber and
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The fact that agglutinins appear in the body at an early stage in a disease has been taken by some observers as indicating that they have nothing to do with immunity, their development being spoken of as a reaction of infection.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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