antibody
English
Etymology
anti- + body, a calque of German Antikörper.
Pronunciation
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Noun
antibody (plural antibodies)
- (immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- abzyme
- agonistic monoclonal antibody
- alloantibody
- antiantibody
- anti-antibody
- antibody-mediated rejection
- antibodyome
- anti-nuclear antibody
- autoantibody
- cold antibody
- coproantibody
- donor-specific antibody
- heteroantibody
- isoantibody
- microantibody
- miniantibody
- monoantibody
- monoclonal antibody
- nanoantibody
- nanobody
- nonantibody
- peptibody
- phosphoantibody
- plantibody
- polyantibody
- polyclonal antibody
- warm antibody
- xenoantibody
Translations
protein that binds to a specific antigen
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