Immunotactoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɪmjunoʊˈtæktɔɪd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Immunotactoid is an adjective meaning (noun adjunct/attributive) Of or relating to immunotactoids.
Meaning
(noun adjunct/attributive) Of or relating to immunotactoids.
More Meanings
- (biology, medicine) A tactoid of immune origin and formation, composed of immune complexes, monoclonal proteins, or both; such microscopic structures (described variously as microtubules, tubules, fibrils, or crystals) can interfere with glomerular function in the kidneys.
Example Sentences
immunotactoids seen on histopathology
whereas immunotactoid glomerulonephritis usually manifests clinically with nephrotic syndrome
Because immunotactoids may be composed of either immune complexes or monoclonal proteins, which are capable of forming tactoids or microtubules, the variability in the size and the orientation of the tactoids from one patient to another may be a result of concentration or biochemical composition of the protein similar to that described in cryoglobulinemia.
Word Forms
- immunotactoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include glomerulopathy, antigenic, immunotypic, immunological, immunophenotypical, haptenic.
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