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antipaternal

antipaternal adjective: pertaining to an immune response against the father.

Adjective

antipaternal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to an immune response against the father
    • an antipaternal antibody

Origin of antipaternal

From anti- + paternal.

Questions about antipaternal

What does antipaternal mean?
Antipaternal means pertaining to an immune response against the father.
What part of speech is antipaternal?
Antipaternal is an adjective.

Words near antipaternal in the dictionary

  1. antipastoral
  2. antipastorals
  3. antipastos
  4. antipatent
  5. Antipater
  6. antipaternal
  7. antipaternalistic
  8. antipatharian
  9. antipatharians
  10. antipatherian
  11. antipathetic

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