alexin
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 6
/əˈlɛk.sɪn/
Definition of alexin
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, dated, uncountable)A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
“The seed of our destruction will blossom in the desert, the alexin of our cure grows by a mountain rock […]”
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Etymology
Ultimately from German Alexine, coined by Hans Buchner in 1891 from the Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō).
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