Antibody



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.抗体 ( 身体中的抗病物质)
• ［类］ food : nourish / antibodies : protect ( 食物的功能是滋养 / 抗体的功能是保护)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 1900
• any of a large number of proteins of high molecular weight that are produced normally by specialized B cells after stimulation by an antigen and act specifically against the antigen in an immune response, that are produced abnormally by some cancer cells, and that typically consist of four subunits including two heavy chains and two light chains — called also immunoglobulin

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