autohemolysin

autohemolysin definition - medical

au·to·he·mol·y·sin (ôˌtō-hĭ-mŏlˈĭ-sĭn, -hēˌmə-līˈ-)

noun
An autoantibody that acts on the red blood cells in the same person in whose body it is formed.

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