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HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY

Dictionary entry overview: What does heterophile antibody mean?

• HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY (noun)
The noun HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY has 1 sense:

1. an antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis

Familiarity information: HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY (noun)

Sense 1

heterophile 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 ("heterophile 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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