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HETEROPHIL ANTIBODY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heterophil antibody mean?
• HETEROPHIL ANTIBODY (noun)
The noun HETEROPHIL ANTIBODY has 1 sense:
1. an antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis
Familiarity information: HETEROPHIL ANTIBODY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Forssman antibody; heterophil antibody; heterophile antibody
Hypernyms ("heterophil antibody" is a kind of...):
antibody (any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response)
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