antibodies
Meaning of antibodies
plural noun
a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances which the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood.
early 20th century: from anti- + body, translating German Antikörper, from anti- ‘against’ + Körper ‘body’.
Information about antibodies
- It is a name.
- The singular form of antibodies is: antibody.
- Languages in which antibodies is used:
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Hyphenation of antibodies
an-ti-bod-ies
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- antibodies is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
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