Medical Definition of Coagglutination

1. Coagglutination is similar to the latex agglutination technique for detecting antigen (described above). Protein A, a uniformly distributed cell wall component of Staphylococcus aureus, is able to bind to the Fc region of most IgG isotype antibodies leaving the Fab region free to interact with antigens present in the applied specimens. The visible agglutination of the S. Aureus particles indicates the antigen-antibody reaction. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coagglutination

coadmire
coadmired
coadmires
coadmiring
coadmit
coadmits
coadmitted
coadmitting
coadunate
coaeval
coaevals
coagencies
coagency
coagent
coagents
coagglutination (current term)
coagglutinin
coagula
coagula
coagulabilities
coagulability
coagulable
coagulable
coagulant
coagulant
coagulants
coagulants
coagulase
coagulase
coagulases

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