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HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis
Synonyms:
Forssman antibody; heterophil antibody; heterophile antibody
Classified under:
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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