agglutino-, aggluto-, agglutin- +
(Latin: ad-, "to, toward, near" plus gluten, glutinis, "glue, beeswax")
coagglutinin
A substance that per se does not agglutinate an antigen, but does result in agglutination of antigen that is appropriately coated with univalent antibody.
idioagglutinin
An agglutinin that occurs naturally in the blood of a person or an animal, without the injection of a stimulating antigen or the passive transfer of an antibody.
isoagglutinin
An isoantibody that causes agglutination of cells of genetically different members of the same species.
leukoagglutinin
An antibody that agglutinates white blood cells.
pseudoagglutination
An agglomeration of particles in solution that does not involve antigen-antibody combination.
spermagglutination
Agglutination of spermatozoa.
sporoagglutination
A diagnostic method in relation to the mycoses, based upon the fact that the blood of patients with diseases caused by fungi contains specific agglutinins that cause clumping of the spores of these organisms.
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