aggressin Med.
(əˈgrɛsɪn)
Also -ine.
[G.; cf. aggress v. and -in1.]
Bail's term (Archiv f. Hygiene (1905) LII. 340) for a hypothetical substance which increases the toxic effect of bacteria in the body.
| 1906 Johns Hopkins Hospital Bull. Dec. 406/2 The sterile fluid seeming..to produce conditions favorable for the growth and reproduction of the bacteria..Prof. Bail called it aggressine at the suggestion of Prof. Kruse. 1907 Chem. Abstr. 2804 The aggressin exudates of Bail can be separated in two parts by means of dialysis. 1913 Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 7) 42/2 Aggressin, a substance supposed to exist in the body of an infected animal and to hasten or make aggressive the action of the bacilli. |