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PRECIPITIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does precipitin mean?
• PRECIPITIN (noun)
The noun PRECIPITIN has 1 sense:
1. an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen
Familiarity information: PRECIPITIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("precipitin" is a kind of...):
antibody (any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response)
Context examples
Conditions in which inhalation of organic dusts results in hypersensitivity reactions at the alveolar level, associated with the production of precipitins.
(Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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