| HAPTEN | • hapten n. (Immunology) Any small molecule that can elicit an immune response only when attached to a large carrier… • HAPTEN n. a substance similar to an antigen, also HAPTENE. |
| HAPTENE | • HAPTENE n. a substance similar to an antigen, also HAPTEN. |
| HAPTENES | • HAPTENE n. a substance similar to an antigen, also HAPTEN. |
| HAPTENIC | • haptenic adj. (Immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten. • HAPTENIC adj. of or like a haptene, an incomplete antigen that cannot stimulate antibodies in vivo but can in vitro. |
| HAPTENS | • haptens n. Plural of hapten. • HAPTEN n. a substance similar to an antigen, also HAPTENE. |
| HAPTERON | • hapteron n. A branched swelling at the base of an aquatic plant (such as an alga) that it uses to fix itself in place. • HAPTERON n. a holdfast or attachment organ of a plant thallus. |
| HAPTERONS | • hapterons n. Plural of hapteron. • HAPTERON n. a holdfast or attachment organ of a plant thallus. |
| HAPTIC | • haptic adj. Of or relating to the sense of touch. • haptic adj. (Computing) Of or relating to haptics (“the study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch”). • HAPTIC adj. pertaining to the sense of touch, also HAPTICAL. |
| HAPTICAL | • haptical adj. Alternative form of haptic. • HAPTICAL adj. pertaining to the sense of touch, also HAPTIC. |
| HAPTICS | • haptics n. (Medicine) The study of the sense of touch. • haptics n. (Computing) The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch. • HAPTICS n. the science of studying data obtained through touch. |
| HAPTOGLOBIN | • haptoglobin n. (Biochemistry) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby… • HAPTOGLOBIN n. a protein that combines with free haemoglobin in the blood and prevents its filtration through the kidney. |
| HAPTOGLOBINS | • haptoglobins n. Plural of haptoglobin. • HAPTOGLOBIN n. a protein that combines with free haemoglobin in the blood and prevents its filtration through the kidney. |
| HAPTOTROPIC | • haptotropic adj. Of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched. • haptotropic adj. (Chemistry) Describing the movement of clusters of atoms between two ligands or other groups. • HAPTOTROPIC adj. curving in response to touch. |
| HAPTOTROPISM | • haptotropism n. (Biology) The movement of parts of a plant (especially tendrils) in response to a touch stimulus. • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
| HAPTOTROPISMS | • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |