concanavalin
noun
con·ca·nav·a·lin ˌkän-kə-ˈna-və-lən 
: a protein that occurs in the jack bean and is a mitogen and hemagglutinin
Word History
Etymology
com- + canavalin, a noncrystalline globulin found in the jack bean, from New Latin Canavalia, genus name of the jack bean
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
concanavalin
noun
con·ca·nav·a·lin ˌkän-kə-ˈnav-ə-lən
: either of two crystalline globulins occurring especially in the seeds of the jack bean
especially : one that is a potent hemagglutinin
- protrusible
- protrusile
- protrusility
- protrusion
- protrusions
- protrusive
- protrusively
- protrusiveness
- protrusivenesses
- protuberance
- protuberances
- protuberancies
- protuberancy
- protuberant
- protuberantly
- protuberate
- protuberated
- protuberates
- protuberating
- protuberations
- Protungulata
- protungulate
- Protura
- proturae
- proturan