component of complement
[kəm-pō′nənt]
n.
Any one of the nine distinct protein units (designated C1 through C9) that are responsible for the immunological activities associated with complement.
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Nearby words
- compline,
- complot,
- comply,
- compo,
- component,
- componential analysis,
- componentry,
- compony,
- componé,
- comport
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