engager
nounEtymology From engage + -er.
1
One who, or that which, engages.
- engagers in conflicts
2
Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A particle or compound which engages certain cells in a process.
- To address this limitation, strategies for redirecting T cells to treat cancer are being intensively investigated, while the bispecific T cell engager (BiTE) therapy constitutes one of the most promising therapeutic approaches.2021 May 26, Shujie Zhou, Mingguo Liu, Fei Ren, Xiangjiao Meng, Jinming Yu, “The landscape of bispecific T cell engager in cancer treatment”, in Biomarker Research, volume 9, →DOI, article 38, page 1:
3
One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.
- Several sufficient citizens were engagers.1834, George Godfrey Cunningham, Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen:
- Derived terms
- nanoengager