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HETEROPHIL ANTIBODY

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

• HETEROPHIL ANTIBODY (noun)

Sense 1

heterophil antibody ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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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