English noun: antibody |
1. | antibody (substance) 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 |
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| Broader (hypernym) | protein |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ABO antibodies, agglutinin, alloantibody, antitoxin, autoantibody, Forssman antibody, heterophil antibody, heterophile antibody, Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immune serum globulin, immunoglobulin, isoantibody, monoclonal, monoclonal antibody, opsonin, precipitin, Rh antibody |
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| Part holonym | active site |
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