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anti-K

anti-K noun: a highly potent and clinically significant antibody.

Noun

anti-K (plural anti-Ks)

  1. A highly potent and clinically significant antibody.

Adjective

anti-K (comparative more anti-K, superlative most anti-K)

  1. Of a highly specialized antibody that targets the K antigen (KEL1) found on the surface of human red blood cells.

Forms of anti-K

Noun
pluralanti-Ks
Adjective
comparativemore anti-K
superlativemost anti-K

Origin of anti-K

The K in an anti-K stands for Kelleher, which is the surname of the patient in whom the antigen was originally discovered in 1946.

Questions about anti-K

What does anti-K mean?
Anti-K means a highly potent and clinically significant antibody.
What part of speech is anti-K?
Anti-K can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of anti-K?
The plural of anti-K is anti-Ks.

Words near anti-K in the dictionary

  1. anti-Jewism
  2. anti-joke
  3. anti-jokes
  4. anti-Judaic
  5. anti-Judaism
  6. anti-K
  7. anti-kangaroo
  8. anti-Karen
  9. anti-Karens
  10. anti-knock
  11. anti-knock index

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