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alexins

alexins is the plural 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

Questions about alexins

What is alexins the plural of?
Alexins is the plural of alexin.

Words near alexins in the dictionary

  1. Alexies
  2. alexin
  3. alexine
  4. alexines
  5. alexinomia
  6. alexins
  7. alexipharmac
  8. alexipharmaca
  9. alexipharmacal
  10. alexipharmacals
  11. alexipharmacon

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