isolysin

isolysin
An antibody that combines with, sensitizes, and results in complement-fixation and dissolution of cells that contain the specific isoantigen; isolysins occur in the blood of some members of a species and they react with the cells of that species, but not with the cells of the individual (or the same type) in which the isolysins are naturally formed.

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isol·y·sin (i-solґə-sin) a lysin that acts on the cells of animals of the same species as that from which it is derived.

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  • isohemolysis — A form of isolysis in which there is dissolution of red blood cells as a result of the reaction between an isolysin (isohemolysin) and specific antigen in or on the cells. [iso + G. haima, blood, + lysis, dissolution] * * * iso·he·mol·y·sis or… …   Medical dictionary

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  • isomagnetic — I. | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ at iso + adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary is + magnetic : of, relating to, or marked by points of equal magnetic intensity or points of equal value of a component of such intensity an isomagnetic chart II …   Useful english dictionary

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