Definition of Aggressin

1. Noun. (biology) Any substance, produced in the body by a pathogenic bacterium, that enhances the virulence of the bacteria ¹

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Medical Definition of Aggressin

1. A term for a protein produced by a pathogenic microbe which aids its spread in the host by inhibiting the immune system of the host (specifically the response by phagocytes). (06 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aggressin

aggregations
aggregative
aggregatively
aggregator
aggregators
aggrege
aggreged
aggreges
aggreging
aggregometer
aggresome
aggresomes
aggress
aggressed
aggresses
aggressin (current term)
aggressing
aggressins
aggression
aggressions
aggressive
aggressive infantile fibromatosis
aggressive instinct
aggressively
aggressiveness
aggressivities
aggressivity
aggressor
aggressors
aggri

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