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alexin

/əˈlɛk.sɪn/

alexin noun: a protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.

Noun

alexin (countable and uncountable, plural alexins)

  1. (dated) A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
    • The seed of our destruction will blossom in the desert, the alexin of our cure grows by a mountain rock […]1929, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, New York: Scribner, Part One, Chapter 1, p. 3

alexin meaning in Kannada and Indonesian

alexin in Kannada

ನೆರವಿಕ

alexin in Indonesian

protective substance that exists in the serum
aleksin

Forms of alexin

pluralalexins
alternative formalexine

Origin of alexin

Ultimately from German Alexine, coined by Hans Buchner in 1891 from the Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō).

Words formed from alexin

Questions about alexin

What does alexin mean?
Alexin means a protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
What is alexin in Kannada?
Alexin in Kannada is ನೆರವಿಕ. See Alexin meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is alexin?
Alexin is a noun.
How do you pronounce alexin?
Alexin is pronounced /əˈlɛk.sɪn/.
What is the plural of alexin?
The plural of alexin is alexins.

Words near alexin in the dictionary

  1. alexic
  2. alexical
  3. alexidine
  4. Alexie
  5. Alexies
  6. alexin
  7. alexine
  8. alexines
  9. alexinomia
  10. alexins
  11. alexipharmac

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alexin (page history and authors); alexin (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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