Medical Definition of Isolysin

1. An antibody that combines with, sensitises, and results in complement-fixation and dissolution of cells that contain the specific isoantigen; isolysin's 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 isolysin's are naturally formed. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isolysin

isoleucines
isoleucyl
isoleukoagglutinin
isoline
isolines
isoliquiritigen 2'-O-methyltransferase
isolobal
isolobally
isolog
isologous
isologous graft
isologs
isologue
isologues
isolysin (current term)
isolysis
isolytic
isomalathion
isomalt
isomaltase
isomaltoheptose
isomaltohexose
isomaltooligosaccharide
isomaltooligosaccharides
isomaltopentose
isomaltose
isomaltotetraose
isomaltotetrose
isomaltotriose

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