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an·ti·bod·y
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antibody
Antibodies are substances which a person's or an animal's body produces in their blood in order to destroy substances which carry disease. -
antigen
An antigen is a substance that helps the production of antibodies. -
elisa
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: an immunological technique for accurately measuring the amount of a substance, for example in a blood sample -
immunoglobulin
any of several classes of structurally related proteins that function as antibodies or receptors and are found in plasma and other body fluids and in the membrane of certain cells. Compare IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, IgM. -
passive immunity
immunity resulting from the injection of antibodies or sensitized lymphocytes from another organism or, in infants, from the transfer of antibodies through the placenta or from colostrum. -
abo system
a system for classifying human blood on the basis of the presence or absence of two antigens on the red cell membrane: there are four such blood types (A, B, AB, and O)