Alexin
(def 10).
noun
(immunol) a former word for complement (sense 9)
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- Alexipharmic
warding off poisoning or infection; antidotal; prophylactic. an alexipharmic agent, especially an internal antidote. historical examples when the substance was in repute as a medicine of the “alexipharmic” kind, the supply naturally came up to the demand. the cambridge natural history, vol x., mammalia frank evers beddard the cooling regimen as it is called, was […]
- Alexius i
(alexius comnenus) 1048–1118, emperor of the byzantine empire 1081–1118.
- Alexius i comnenus
noun 1048–1118, ruler of the byzantine empire (1081–1118)
- Alfalfa butterfly
a sulfur b-tterfly, colias eurytheme, having orange wings edged with black, the larvae of which feed on alfalfa and other legumes.
- Alfalfa weevil
a european weevil, hypera postica, now also widely distributed in north america, that is an important pest, primarily of alfalfa, in both the larval and adult stages. historical examples but it has in this country worse relatives even than the alfalfa weevil. book of monsters david fairchild and marian hubbard (bell) fairchild