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warm agglutinins (medicine)


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autoantibody
Antibody that reacts with an antigen that is a normal component of the body. Obviously this can lead to some problems and autoimmunity has been proposed as a causative factor in a number of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.

See: systemic lupus erythematosus, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, myasthenia gravis.


retardant (iou)



retardant adjective & noun. M17.
[from RETARD verb + -ANT1.]
A. adjective. Retarding, tending to retard. Now chiefly as 2nd elem. of comb., as fire-retardant, flame-retardant. M17.
b. noun. A retarding agent, esp. a substance that reduces or inhibits a specified phenomenon (chiefly as 2nd elem. of comb., as fire retardant, flame retardant). M20.