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precipitin definition

pre·cipi·tin (prē sip′ə tin, pri-)

noun

an antibody produced in the blood of an animal injected with a soluble antigen: when the antigen is added to blood serum from such an animal, a precipitate forms

Etymology: precipit(ate) + -in

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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