Hypertext Webster Gateway: "antibody"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Antibody \An"ti*bod`y\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Any of various bodies or substances in the blood which act in
antagonism to harmful foreign bodies, as toxins or the
bacteria producing the toxins. Normal blood serum apparently
contains variousantibodies, and the introduction of toxins or
of foreign cells also results in the development of their
specific antibodies.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
antibody
n : any of a large variety of immunoglobulins normally present
in the body or produced in response to an antigen which
it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
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