ISOANTIBODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isoantibody mean? 

• ISOANTIBODY (noun)
  The noun ISOANTIBODY has 1 sense:

1. an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species

  Familiarity information: ISOANTIBODY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOANTIBODY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

alloantibody; isoantibody

Hypernyms ("isoantibody" 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)

 Context examples 

They are usually IgM antibodies and are isoantibodies, antibodies produced by an individual against antigens produced by members of the same species (isoantigens).

(Isohemagglutinin Anti-A, NCI Thesaurus)