antibody
Meaning of antibody
noun
a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances which the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood.
early 20th century: from anti- + body, translating German Antikörper, from anti- ‘against’ + Körper ‘body’.
Information about antibody
- It is a name.
- The plural form of antibody is: antibodies.
- Languages in which antibody is used:
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Hyphenation of antibody
an-ti-body
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- antibody is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Translation of antibody
- Spanish: anticuerpo
- French: anticorps
- Italian: anticorpo
- Portuguese: anticorpo
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