HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY

Pronunciation (US):

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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

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Nouns denoting substances

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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