Usually means: Protein that binds carbohydrates specifically.
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  1. lectin: Merriam-Webster
  2. lectin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lectin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lectin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lectin: Vocabulary.com
  6. lectin: Wordnik
  7. lectin: Wiktionary
  8. lectin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. lectin: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. lectin: Dictionary.com
  11. Lectin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. lectin: Rhymezone
  13. lectin: FreeDictionary.org
  14. lectin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. lectin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lectin: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. lectin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lectin: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  6. lectin: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. lectin: Medical dictionary
  8. Lectin: Drug Medical Dictionary
  9. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lectin)

noun:  (biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.

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