Definitions for lectin

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lectin lec·tin

Spelling: [lek-tin]

IPA: /ˈlɛk tɪn/

Lectin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in lectin (ceilnt).

Definitions for lectin

noun

1. any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.

Origin of lectin

1954; Latin lēct(us), past participle of legere to gather, select, read + -in²

Examples for lectin

WGA is classified as a lectin—a term for a protein produced by an organism to protect itself from predation.

I left it up to de white folks to 'tend to de 'lectin' of officers.

Thar hain't been such a run in Kanoy County sence they stopped 'lectin' country fellers fer sheriff.