名詞 lectin:

1. any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus

lec.tin

n.（名詞）
Any of several plant glycoproteins that bind to specific carbohydrate groups on the plasma membrane of cells, used in the laboratory to stimulate proliferation of lymphocytes and to agglutinate red blood cells.
植物凝血素：任一種與細胞質膜上的特定碳水化合物結合的植物糖蛋白，在實驗室中用來加速淋巴細胞的繁殖和紅血細胞的凝結

來源：
Latin lôctus [past participle of] legere [to select] * see select
拉丁語 lôctus [] legere的過去分詞 [選擇] *參見 select
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