complementoid

An immunological complement that has lost its zymotoxic group, but which still has a receptor site for the hemolysin.

Noun

  1. An immunological complement that has lost its zymotoxic group, but which still has a receptor site for the hemolysin.
    • We have seen that the evidence for the existence of complementoid is supplied by its preventing complement from combining with certain molecules […] - 1905, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, volume 74, page 12:
    • The change of toxins into toxoids is paralleled by the change of complements into complementoids. - 1913, Walter D'Este Emery, Immunity and specific therapy, page 158:

Origin

From complement + -oid.

Forms

complementoids