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HAPTOPHORE GROUP

\hˈaptəfˌɔː ɡɹˈuːp], \hˈaptəfˌɔː ɡɹˈuːp], \h_ˈa_p_t_ə_f_ˌɔː ɡ_ɹ_ˈuː_p]\

Definitions of HAPTOPHORE GROUP

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The group of atoms of a complement, toxin, agglutinin, opsonin, or precipitin, which anchors or binds it to amboceptors, body cells, bacteria or proteids in solution. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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