Etymology

isohemagglutinin

Today it means: An antibody that agglutinates the red blood cells of others of the same species Full definition →

English hemagglutinin ← Latin agglūtinātu ← Proto-Italic *gloiten
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  2. Englishiso-
  3. Englishhem-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  5. Proto-Italic*ad
  6. Proto-Italic*ad-
  7. Latinad-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  10. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  11. Latinglūten
  12. Latinglūtinō
  13. Latinagglūtinō
  14. Latinagglūtinātu
  15. Englishagglutinate
  16. Englishagglutinin
  17. Englishhemagglutinin
  18. English todayisohemagglutinin

From iso- + hemagglutinin.

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