antibody
Syllables: an·ti·bo·dyUK/ˈæn.tiˌbɒd.i//ˈæn.tɪˌbɑ.di/
antibody noun: a protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
Noun
antibody (plural antibodies)
- A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
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- Synonyms:
- immunoglobulin, immune globulin
antibody meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
antibody in Tamil
- எதிர்ப்புரதம், நோயெதிரி, எதிர்ப்பொருள், எதிர்மம், எதிர் உடல், முறி
antibody in Marathi
- प्रतिपिंड
antibody in Urdu
- تریاق چہ, ضد جسم
antibody in Telugu
- protein that binds to a specific antigen
- ప్రతిరక్షకము pratirakṣakamu
More languagesFewer languages
- antibody in Malayalam
- ആന്റിബോഡി, ആൻറിബോഡി, ആൻ്റിബോഡി
- antibody in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತಿಜೀವಿ, ಪ್ರತಿವಿಷ, ಪ್ರತಿಕಾಯ, ಆಂಟಿಬಾಡಿ
- antibody in Punjabi
- ਐਂਟੀਬਾਡੀ
- antibody in Gujarati
- પ્રતિપિંડ pratipiṇḍ
- antibody in Arabic
- جِسْم مُضَادّ jism muḍādd
- antibody in Persian
- پادتن pâdtan
- antibody in Thai
- สารภูมิต้านทาน sǎan-puum-dtâan-taan, แอนติบอดี ɛɛn-dtì-bɔɔ-dîi
- antibody in Vietnamese
- kháng thể
Examples of antibody in a sentence
- In severe cases, cotherapy with corticosteroids and monoclonal antibodies is indicated.
- A vaccine non-responder is a person who does not develop protective surface antibodies after completing two full series of injections.
- In severe cases, monoclonal antibodies are added as a cotherapy.
Synonyms of antibody
Antonyms
Forms of antibody
| plural | antibodies |
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Origin of antibody
From anti- + body, a calque of German Antikörper.
Words formed from antibody
- abzyme
- agonistic monoclonal antibody
- alloantibody
- anti-antibody
- antiantibody
- antibody-mediated rejection
- antibodyome
- anti-nuclear antibody
- autoantibody
- cold antibody
- coproantibody
- donor-specific antibody
- heteroantibody
- intrabody
- isoantibody
- metalloantibody
- microantibody
- miniantibody
- monoantibody
- monoclonal antibody
- nanoantibody
- nanobody
- nonantibody
- peptibody
- phosphoantibody
- plantibody
- polyantibody
- polyclonal antibody
- warm antibody
- xenoantibody
Questions about antibody
- What does antibody mean?
- Antibody means a protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
- What is antibody in Tamil?
- Antibody in Tamil is எதிர்ப்புரதம், நோயெதிரி, எதிர்ப்பொருள். See Antibody meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is antibody?
- Antibody is a noun.
- How do you pronounce antibody?
- Antibody is pronounced /ˈæn.tiˌbɒd.i/ (UK).
- What is the plural of antibody?
- The plural of antibody is antibodies.
Words near antibody in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: antibody (page history and authors); antibody (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antibody (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); antibody (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antibody (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); antibody (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antibody (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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