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κ /κ/ (kappa, the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet) one of the two types of immunoglobulin light chains.

kap·pa (k

)

Symbol The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

adj.

Relating to or characterizing a polypeptide chain that is one of two types of light chains present in immunoglobins.

kappa

[kap′ə]

Κ, κ, the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, used to denote (in chemistry) the tenth carbon atom in a chain, one of two light chains in an immunoglobulin molecule, a type of killer particle present in certain strains of Paramecium, and a visual axis angle.

kappa

the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, K or κ.

kappa (κ)

chain one of the two light chains in immunoglobulin. The other is lambda (λ).

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