agglutinins meaning

• [Medicine]
  Substances,usually of biological origin,that cause cells or other organic particles to aggregate and stick to each other. They also include those antibodies which cause aggregation or agglutination of a particulate or insoluble antigen.

• pertussis agglutinins:    [Medicine]A set of ...
• plant agglutinins:    [Medicine]Protein ...
• wheat germ agglutinins:    [Medicine]Lectins ...

Examples

1. the antibodies that bring this about are called agglutinins.
2. in some cell lines there is a similar periodicity in changes of cell surface antigenicity or response to wheat germ agglutinin.
3. experience in nursing one case of cold agglutinin syndrome
4. analysis of high-titer cold agglutinins causing cross-matching test difficult
5. wheat germ agglutinin