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Definition of Agglutinogen
1. Noun. Any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production.
Definition of Agglutinogen
1. Noun. (biochemistry) Any antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Agglutinogen
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Medical Definition of Agglutinogen
1. 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: agglutogen. Origin: agglutinin + G. -gen, production (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agglutinogen
Literary usage of Agglutinogen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Infection, Immunity and Serum Therapy: In Relation to the Infectious by Howard Taylor Ricketts (1908)
"Similar to agglutinogen, agglutinin is thought not to be a uniform substance,
one portion being susceptible to heat, and another portion resistant; ..."
2. Infection, immunity and serum therapy in relation to the infectious diseases by Howard Taylor Ricketts, George Frederick Dick (1913)
"Similar to agglutinogen, agglutinin is thought not to be a uniform substance,
one portion being susceptible to heat, and another portion resistant; ..."
3. Principles of Immunology by Howard Thomas Karsner, Enrique Eduardo Ecker (1921)
"As mentioned above, he demonstrated the presence in the bacterial antigen of a
thermolabile A agglutinogen and a thermostable B ..."
4. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"with agglutinogen A in the blood, and its known parent belongs to the group ...
be that the other parent belongs to the group which produces agglutinogen A, ..."
5. Principles of Immunology by Howard Thomas Karsner, Enrique Eduardo Ecker (1921)
"As mentioned above, he demonstrated the presence in the bacterial antigen of a
thermolabile A agglutinogen and a thermostable B ..."
6. Veterinary Bacteriology: A Treatise on the Bacteria, Yeasts, Molds, and by Robert Earle Buchanan (1911)
"agglutinogen.—The antigen which causes the body to react and produce agglutinins
... It is evident that the agglutinogen is not the cell used for injection, ..."
7. Pathogenic microorganisms by William Hallock Park (1920)
"agglutinogen.—The antigenic substance stimulating the production of ... According to
the Ehrlich hypothesis we may look upon the agglutinogen as a protein ..."
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