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Antibody

Antibody Meaning & Definition
Antibody Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Antibody?

[n] any of a large variety of immunoglobulins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response

Synonyms | Synonyms for Antibody:

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See Also | ABO antibodies | active site | agglutinin | alloantibody | antitoxin | autoantibody | Forssman antibody | heterophil antibody | heterophile antibody | Ig | immune gamma globulin | immune globulin | immune serum globulin | immunoglobulin | isoantibody | monoclonal antibody | opsonin | precipitin | Rh antibody

Antibody In Webster's Dictionary

\An"ti*bod`y\, n. (Physiol. Chem.) Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently contains variousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or of foreign cells also results in the development of their specific antibodies.

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