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keyhole limpet hemocyanin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
key-hole limpet he-mo-cyanin
IPA
47
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A carrier for making antigens. Because of its large size and distant relation to humans and many test animals, KLH causes a large antigenic response. When paired with a hapten, the hapten also becomes immunogenic.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

keyhole limpet hemocyanins (plural) KLH (alternative)

Questions

What does keyhole limpet hemocyanin mean?
A carrier for making antigens. Because of its large size and distant relation to humans and many test animals, KLH causes a large antigenic response. When paired with a hapten, the hapten also becomes immunogenic.

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