See Also: Superantigens(medicine)
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pluri- (iou) and Superantigens (medicine)


pluri- (iou)



pluri- combining form.
[from Latin plur-, plus more, pl. plures several: see -I-.]
Several, more than one.
pluridisci'plinary adjective having or consisting of several disciplines or branches of learning; interdisciplinary: L20.
pluriform adjective having a variety of forms, views etc.; multiform: L20.
pluri'formity noun multiformity, variety of form M20.
pluri'lingual adjective & noun (a) adjective knowing or using many Languages, written in many Languages, multilingual; (b) a plurilingual person: M20.
pluri'lingualism noun the state or practice of knowing or using many Languages L20.
pluri'literal adjective & noun (Semitic Grammar) (a) adjective containing more than three letters in the root; (b) noun a root consisting of more than three letters: E19.
pluri'locular adjective (Biology) containing many cavities or cells E19.
pluri'modal adjective consisting of or involving more than one mode M20.
pluri'parity noun multiparity L19.
plu'riparous adjective (a) = MULTIPAROUS 1; (b) = MULTIPAROUS 2: L15.
pluri'presence noun presence in more than one place at the same time L18.
pluriseg'mental adjective (a) Physiology involving nerves from more than one segment of the spinal column; (b) Linguistics (rare) = SUPRASEGMENTAL adjective: L19.
pluri'serial adjective consisting of or arranged in several series or rows L19.
pluri'seriate adjective pluriserial L19.
pluri'syllable noun a word of two or more syllables E20.
plurisy'llabic adjective having two or more syllables, polysyllabic M20.
pluri'valent adjective (esp. in Cytology) multivalent E20.

Superantigens (medicine)


superantigens
Microbial antigens that have in common an extremely potent activating effect on T-cells that bear a specific variable region. Superantigens cross-link the variable region with class II MHC proteins regardless of the peptide binding in the T-cell receptor's pocket. The result is a transient expansion and subsequent death and anergy of the T-cells with the appropriate variable regions.