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Medical Definition of Isolysin
1. An antibody that combines with, sensitises, and results in complement-fixation and dissolution of cells that contain the specific isoantigen; isolysin's occur in the blood of some members of a species and they react with the cells of that species, but not with the cells of the individual (or the same type) in which the isolysin's are naturally formed. (05 Mar 2000)