idioagglutinin

idioagglutinin
An agglutinin that occurs naturally in the blood of a person or an animal, without the injection of a stimulating antigen or the passive transfer of antibody.

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id·io·ag·glu·ti·nin (id″e-o-ə-glooґtĭ-nin) [idio- + agglutinin] an agglutinin that originates independently of any transfer or artificial means in the animal in which it is formed.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • idioheteroagglutinin — An idioagglutinin occurring in the blood of one animal, but capable of combining with the antigenic material from another species. [idio + G. heteros, another, + agglutinin] * * * id·io·het·ero·ag·glu·ti·nin (id″e o het″ər o… …   Medical dictionary

  • idioisoagglutinin — An idioagglutinin occurring in the blood of an animal of a certain species, capable of agglutinating the cells from animals of the same species. [idio + G. isos, equal, + agglutinin] * * * id·io·iso·ag·glu·ti·nin (id″e o i″so ə… …   Medical dictionary

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