Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
Ultimately from German Alexine, coined by Hans Buchner in 1891 from the Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "Alexine"
},
"expansion": "German Alexine"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἀλέξω"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō)"
}
],
"links": [
[
"Alexine",
"Alexine#German"
],
[
"ἀλέξω",
"ἀλέξω#Ancient_Greek"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"dated",
"uncountable"
],
"recordId": "73456278d996ee98acfe71bb2fd0a360a7039325db0661e1ac9d19f1ddff62e5",
"rawRecordSha256": "7e5516b9d12d22e43c0b24fc5f9c905d241cfb6996c5eef5e79a67b9640a2a12",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 4374163
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}