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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈæntibɒdi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈæntɪˌbɑdi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(an′ti bod′ē)

Inflections of 'antibody' (n): npl: antibodies

an•ti•bod•y /ˈæntɪˌbɑdi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -bod•ies.

Immunologya protein produced by the body to fight substances like viruses that cause disease.

an•ti•bod•y (an′ti bod′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bod•ies.

Immunologyany of numerous-shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses. Abbr.: Ab
Immunologyantibodies of a particular type collectively. Also called immunoglobulin.

anti- + body 1895–1900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

antibody /ˈæntɪˌbɒdɪ/ n ( pl -bodies)

any of various proteins produced in the blood in response to the presence of an antigen. By becoming attached to antigens on infectious organisms antibodies can render them harmless or cause them to be destroyed
See also immunoglobulin

'antibody' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

affinity - antitoxin - avidity - Herceptin - immune - immunoassay - immunoglobulin - immunoreaction - monoclonal antibody - Porter - Ab - active immunity - agglutination - agglutinin - alloantibody - allotype - anamnesis - anti - antiantibody - antibody-mediated immunity - antiglobulin - anti-id - anti-idiotype - autoantibody - autoimmunization - B cell - blocking antibody - cardiolipin - cell-mediated immunity - complement-fixation test - cross-react - cross-reaction - determinant - Elisa - hapten - heavy chain - helper T cell - hemolysin - heterologous - heterophil - homologous - humoral immunity - hybridoma - idiotype - IgM - immune complex - immunodiffusion - immunofluorescence - immunoprecipitation - immunosorbent

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Synonyms: immunizer, immuniser, neutralizer, neutraliser, immunoglobulin, more...

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