Etymology

antiagglutinin

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Today it means: Any substance, especially an antibody, that inhibits the action of an agglutinin Full definition →

English agglutinin ← Latin agglūtinātu ← Proto-Italic *gloiten
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  13. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  14. Latinglūten
  15. Latinglūtinō
  16. Latinagglūtinō
  17. Latinagglūtinātu
  18. Englishagglutinate
  19. Englishagglutinin
  20. English todayantiagglutinin

From anti- + agglutinin.

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