Medical term:
agglutinogen
agglutinogen
[ag″loo-tin´o-jen]a substance (antigen) that stimulates the animal body to form agglutinin (antibody).
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ag·glu·tin·o·gen
(ă-glū-tin'ō-jen),An antigenic substance that stimulates the formation of specific agglutinin, which can cause agglutination of cells that contain the antigen or particles coated with the antigen.
Synonym(s): agglutogen
[agglutinin + G. -gen, production]
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agglutinogen
(ăg′lo͝o-tĭn′ə-jən, ə-glo͞ot′n-)n.
An antigen that stimulates the production of a particular agglutinin, such as an antibody.
ag′glu·tin′o·gen′ic (ăg′lo͞o-tĭn′ə-gĕn′ĭk, ə-glo͞ot′n-) adj.
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Agglutinogen
A nonspecific term of waning popularity for any substance that stimulates the formation of an agglutinin (antibody)—i.e., antigen.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
ag·glu·tin·o·gen
(ă-glū-tin'ō-jen)An antigenic substance that stimulates the formation of specific agglutinin, which, under certain conditions, causes agglutination of cells that contain the antigen or particles coated with the antigen.
Synonym(s): agglutogen.
Synonym(s): agglutogen.
[agglutinin + G. -gen, production]
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agglutinogen
An ANTIGEN that stimulates the production of a substance that induces agglutination (an agglutinin).Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
agglutinogen
a surface antigen that induces the formation of agglutins in cells (including bacteria) and binds them to produce an AGGLUTINATION reaction.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
ag·glu·tin·o·gen·ic
(ă-glū'tin-ō-jen'ik),Capable of causing the production of an agglutinin.
Synonym(s): agglutogenic
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ag·glu·tin·o·gen·ic
(ă-glū'tin-ō-jen'ik)Capable of causing the production of an agglutinin.
Synonym(s): agglutogenic.
Synonym(s): agglutogenic.
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agglutinogen
(a-gloot-in'o-jen) [ agglutin- + -gen]An antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin. Agglutinogens are used primarily in laboratory testing for antibodies against specific blood types. See: blood groupagglutinogenicagglutogenic (a-gloot?in-o-jen'ik) (a-gloot?o-jen'ik), adjective
A and B agglutinogens
See: blood group; ABO incompatibilityM and N agglutinogens
Antigenic substances found on the membranes of human red blood cells. Anti-M and anti-N agglutinins are rarely found in normal serum. The red blood cells may contain M or N, or both M and N agglutinogens, resulting in blood types M, N, or MN, respectively. See: blood group
Rh agglutinogen
See: Rh factorMedical Dictionary, © 2009 Farlex and Partners
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