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English
Etymology
From immuno- + tactoid.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˌɪmjunoʊˈtæktɔɪd/
Adjective
immunotactoid (not comparable)
- (noun adjunct/attributive) Of or relating to immunotactoids.
whereas immunotactoid glomerulonephritis usually manifests clinically with nephrotic syndrome
Noun
immunotactoid (plural immunotactoids)
- (biology, medicine) A tactoid of immune origin and formation, composed of immune complexes, monoclonal proteins, or both; such microscopic structures (described variously as microtubules, tubules, fibrils, or crystals) can interfere with glomerular function in the kidneys.
immunotactoids seen on histopathology
2006, Korbet SM, Schwartz MM, Lewis EJ, “Immunotactoid glomerulopathy (fibrillary glomerulonephritis)”, in Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, volume 1, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1351–1356:Because immunotactoids may be composed of either immune complexes or monoclonal proteins, which are capable of forming tactoids or microtubules, the variability in the size and the orientation of the tactoids from one patient to another may be a result of concentration or biochemical composition of the protein similar to that described in cryoglobulinemia.