kən, (ˈ)kän+ noun
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary com- + glutinin, from glutin + -in; originally formed as German konglutinin
1. : a heat-stable component of bovine serum that combines with red blood cells which have been treated with antibody and that causes rapid strong agglutination followed by lysis
2. : a substance or substances in blood plasma possibly identical with x-protein or perhaps merely a mixture of albumin and globulin that causes clumping when added to red blood cells that are combined with blocking antibody