Definitions for lectins

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lectins lec·tin

Spelling: [lek-tin]

IPA: /ˈlɛk tɪn/

Lectins is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 230 anagrams from letters in lectins (ceilnst).

Definitions for lectins

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 lectins

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

Examples for lectins

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

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

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