Word.ws English Dictionary

keyhole limpet hemocyanin

keyhole limpet hemocyanin noun: a carrier for making antigens. Because of its large size and distant relation to humans and many test animals, KLH causes a large antigenic response. When paired with a hapten, the hapten also becomes immunogenic.

Noun

keyhole limpet hemocyanin (usually uncountable, plural keyhole limpet hemocyanins)

  1. (usually) A carrier for making antigens. Because of its large size and distant relation to humans and many test animals, KLH causes a large antigenic response. When paired with a hapten, the hapten also becomes immunogenic.

Forms of keyhole limpet hemocyanin

pluralkeyhole limpet hemocyanins
alternative formKLH

Questions about keyhole limpet hemocyanin

What does keyhole limpet hemocyanin mean?
Keyhole limpet hemocyanin means a carrier for making antigens. Because of its large size and distant relation to humans and many test animals, KLH causes a large antigenic response. When paired with a hapten, the hapten also becomes immunogenic.
What part of speech is keyhole limpet hemocyanin?
Keyhole limpet hemocyanin is a noun.
What is the plural of keyhole limpet hemocyanin?
The plural of keyhole limpet hemocyanin is keyhole limpet hemocyanins.

Words near keyhole limpet hemocyanin in the dictionary

  1. keyhole arch
  2. keyhole arches
  3. keyhole flies
  4. keyhole fly
  5. keyhole limpet
  6. keyhole limpet hemocyanin
  7. keyhole limpet hemocyanins
  8. keyhole limpets
  9. keyhole lympet hemocyanin
  10. keyhole sand dollar
  11. keyhole sand dollars

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: keyhole limpet hemocyanin (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “keyhole limpet hemocyanin.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/keyhole_limpet_hemocyanin. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.