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prozone

prozone noun: the range of antibody concentrations within which reaction is inhibited.

Noun

prozone (plural prozones)

  1. The range of antibody concentrations within which reaction is inhibited.
  2. The anterior zone of the pronotum in an insect of the family Acrididae or Gryllidae.
    • Median carina strongly cristate on the prozone and on the metazone and with one deep transverse incision so that the prozone is only about one-third the length of the metazone, the incision inclined anterio-ventrad.1924, William Williams Henderson, A Taxonomic and Ecological Study of the Species of the Subfamily Oedipodinae (Orthoptera-Acrididae) Found in Utah, page 53

Forms of prozone

pluralprozones

Origin of prozone

From pro- + zone. Piecewise doublet of prozona.

Questions about prozone

What does prozone mean?
Prozone means the range of antibody concentrations within which reaction is inhibited.
What part of speech is prozone?
Prozone is a noun.
What is the plural of prozone?
The plural of prozone is prozones.

Words near prozone in the dictionary

  1. prozionistic
  2. prozionists
  3. prozona
  4. prozonae
  5. prozonal
  6. prozone
  7. prozones
  8. prozoning
  9. prozonite
  10. prozonites
  11. prozostrodont

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