Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
con·glu·ti·nin Pronunciation:
k&n-'glüt-&n-&n, (')kän- Function:
noun 1 : aheat-stable component of bovine serum that combines with red blood cells which have been treated with antibody and that causes rapid strong agglutination followed by lysis
2 : asubstance or substances in blood plasma that may be a mixture of albumin and globulin and that cause clumping when added to red blood cells which are combined with blocking antibody
