autoagglutination

noun

The clumping together of an individual's red blood cells by his or her own serum due to the cells being coated on the surface with antibodies

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounautoagglutination (countable and uncountable, plural autoagglutinations)

plural autoagglutinations

  1. countableuncountableThe clumping together of an individual's red blood cells by his or her own serum due to the cells being coated on the surface with antibodies

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Frenchagglutination
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  12. Proto-Italic*ad
  13. Proto-Italic*ad-
  14. Latinad-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  17. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  18. Latinglūten
  19. Latinglūtinō
  20. Latinagglūtinō
  21. New Latinagglutinatio
  22. Englishagglutination
  23. Englishautoagglutination

From auto- + agglutination.

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