antibody
pronunciation
How to pronounce antibody in British English:
UK [ˈæntibɒdi]
How to pronounce antibody in American English:
US [ˈæntibɑdi]
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- Noun:
- any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
Word Origin
- antibody (n.)
- "substance developed in blood as an antitoxin," 1901, a hybrid formed from anti- "against" + body. Probably a translation of German Antikörper, condensed from a phrase such as anti-toxischer Körper "anti-toxic body" (1891).
Example
- 1. Tilly 's antibody technique is controversial , says pera .
- 2. It is the antibody to the stress and rush we feel daily .
- 3. Allison demonstrated how an anesthetized mouse is injected with the antibody to ctla-4 .
- 4. However , the baby antibody levels is depend on the mother 's immunity .
- 5. The answer was an antibody that recognizes a protein called her2 on certain breast cancers .