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Words related to antibody

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  • antiantibody

    antibody that combines with another antibody.

  • monoclonal antibody

    antibody produced by a laboratory-grown cell clone, either of a hybridoma or a virus-transformed lymphocyte, that is more abundant and uniform than natural antibody and is able to bind specifically to a single site on almost any chosen antigen or reveal previously unknown antigen sites: used as an analytic tool in scientific research and medical diagnosis and potentially important in the treatment of certain diseases. Abbreviation: MAb.

  • multivalent

    Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.

  • reagin

    Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.

  • alloantibody

    an antibody that reacts with an antigen from a genetically different individual of the same species.

  • anti-idiotype

    a molecular arrangement on an antibody that is the counterpart of that on a different antibody, thus making one an antigen to the other.
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