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precipitin
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precipitin [prə′sip·ə·tən]
(immunology)
An antibody that chemically interacts with an antigen to form a precipitate.


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In fact, our patient showed definite positive precipitins to cockatiel antigen, as well as a definite positive reaction to pigeon sera and very weakly positive precipitin reactions to droppings extracts of pigeons, canaries, and parakeets.
The choice of precipitins to be assayed may be guided by knowledge or hypotheses of causative substances in the patient's environment.
 
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