anti-hemagglutinin
|an-ti-he-ma-glut-i-nin|
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/ˌæn.ti.hiːməˈɡluːtɪnɪn/
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/ˌæn.ti.hiːməˈɡlʌtɪnɪn/
agent against hemagglutinin
Etymology
'anti-hemagglutinin' originates from the prefix 'anti-' (from Greek 'antí', meaning 'against') combined with 'hemagglutinin' (from Greek 'haima' 'blood' + Latin-derived 'agglutinin' from 'agglutinare', meaning 'to glue together').
'hemagglutinin' developed as a scientific compound from older forms such as 'haemagglutinin' (British spelling) and from 'agglutin(in)' terms in 19th-century serology; the combined form 'anti-hemagglutinin' arose in 20th-century immunology to denote antibodies or agents acting against hemagglutinin.
Initially the parts meant 'against' (anti-) and 'agent causing blood clumping' (hemagglutinin); over time the compound came to specifically denote antibodies or inhibitors that act against the viral protein hemagglutinin.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
an antibody or other agent that binds to and neutralizes hemagglutinin, the viral surface protein that causes red blood cell agglutination (commonly used in immunology and virology).
The researchers isolated an anti-hemagglutinin that blocked the influenza virus from attaching to host cells.
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