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alexine

alexine is the obsolete form of alexin.

Meaning of alexin

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

Forms of alexine

pluralalexines

Questions about alexine

What is alexine the obsolete form of?
Alexine is the obsolete form of alexin.

Words near alexine in the dictionary

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

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