Medical Definition of Cold haemolysin

1. An autoantibody of the IgG class responsible for paroxysmal cold haemoglobinuria; it is adsorbed to red cells only at temperatures of 20°C or lower, causing the red cells to lyse in the presence of complement at higher temperatures; it has only slight agglutinating properties in spite of its marked lytic activity, and has a specificity within the blood group P; it is also occasionally present for short periods of time following measles and other infections, and formerly was frequently associated with syphilis. Synonym: cold haemolysin. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cold Haemolysin

cold decks
cold duck
cold erythema
cold feet
cold finger
cold fingers
cold fishes
cold frame
cold frames
cold front
cold fronts
cold fusion
cold gangrene
cold haemagglutinin disease
cold haemolysin (current term)
cold hands, warm heart
cold in the head
cold injury
cold insoluble globulin
cold light
cold meat
cold meats
cold medicine
cold nodule
cold one
cold open
cold opens
cold pack

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