Hemagglutinin is a protein which causes red blood cells to clump together; it causes hemagglutination. It is often used in clinical lab tests such as the hemadsorption test to detect the presence of hemagglutinating viruses.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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