Definitions for antibody

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antibody an·ti·bod·y

Spelling: [an-ti-bod-ee]

IPA: /ˈæn tɪˌbɒd i/

Antibody is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in antibody (abdinoty).

Definitions for antibody

noun

1. any of numerous Y -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. Abbreviation: Ab.
2. antibodies of a particular type collectively.

Origin of antibody

First recorded in 1895-1900; anti- + body

Examples for antibody

That last checkup showed an antibody titer entirely too high for safety.

The kind of antibody and the manner of its action will differ with the different kinds of antigens used.

The antibody could be synthesized and one could attack any epidemic with confidence.

One function of the free receptor, the antibody, is always to unite with the chemical substance which caused it to be formed.

I should say the antibody titer has reached the danger point.

For example, though I had chicken pox decades ago, I still have antibody to chicken pox.

All we've done was inject an antibody against a specific virus.

A quick test-run showed that the antibody was also being regenerated.

It is evident that some sort of an antibody results from the first protein injected and that it is specific for its own antigen.

She was not known previously to be HIV infected but on testing was found to have antibody to the virus.