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Definition of Haptens
1. hapten [n] - See also: hapten
Medical Definition of Haptens
1. Small antigenic determinants capable of eliciting an immune response only when coupled to a carrier. Haptens bind to antibodies but by themselves cannot elicit an antibody response. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haptens
Literary usage of Haptens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"The Shaw haptens and " The Walla walla Indians are of the ... The "Shaw haptens"
were a kindred race speaking the ..."
2. Nuttall's Journal of Travels Into the Arkansa Territory October 2, 1818 by Thomas Nuttall, Thomas Hulme, Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"The Shaw haptens and 17 The Wallawalla Indians are of the ... The '' Shaw haptens"
were a kindred race speaking the ..."
3. Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon Or Columbia River: Being a by Alexander Ross (1849)
"The tribes assembled on the present occasion were the Walla-Wallas, the Shaw haptens,
... The Shaw haptens and ..."
4. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Elucidate genetic mechanisms involved in immunological reactions to haptens and
to heavy metals such as beryllium, which form haptens. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"This calculation is an extreme one, and it may, for example, be necessary for
two haptens to bind two different receptors simultaneously in order to ..."
6. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... weight of recovered substances its glycopeptides composed of from 5 to lino
acid residues. Peptides of this size I be expected to act as simple haptens ..."
7. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"... haptens to elicit antibodies specific for iminium ions and/or their cyano
adducts may permit development of immunoassays for these compounds. 91-1397. ..."
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