Meanings
plural antibodies
- immunologyA protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
1 more example
It’s estimated only 0.1% of antibodies circulating in the bloodstream enter the brain – this also includes the therapeutic antibodies currently used in clinical trials. An approach my team is taking is to use ultrasound to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier, which increases the uptake of Alzheimer’s drugs or antibody fragments.
2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNNSynonyms: immunoglobulin, immune globulin · Antonyms: antigen, Ag
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
Origin
- GermanAntikörper
- Englishantibody
From anti- + body, a calque of German Antikörper.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جِسْم مُضَادّ
- جِسْم مُضَادّ (jism muḍādd)protein that binds to a specific antigen
Bulgarian а́нтитя́ло
- а́нтитя́ло (ántitjálo)protein that binds to a specific antigen
Catalan anticòs
- anticòsprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Chinese Mandarin 抗體 /抗体
- 抗體 /抗体 (kàngtǐ)protein that binds to a specific antigen
Czech protilátka
- protilátkaprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Danish antistof
- antistofprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Dutch antilichaam
- antilichaamprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Esperanto antikorpo, antipartiklo
- antikorpoprotein that binds to a specific antigen
- antipartikloprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Estonian antikeha
- antikehaprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Finnish vasta-aine
- vasta-aineprotein that binds to a specific antigen
French anticorps
- anticorpsprotein that binds to a specific antigen
German Antikörper
- Antikörperprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Greek αντίσωμα
- αντίσωμα (antísoma)protein that binds to a specific antigen
Hebrew נוֹגְדָן
- נוֹגְדָן (nogdán)protein that binds to a specific antigen
Hungarian antitest, ellenanyag
- antitestprotein that binds to a specific antigen
- ellenanyagprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Irish antashubstaint, frithábhar
- antashubstaintprotein that binds to a specific antigen
- frithábharprotein that binds to a specific antigen
- frithchoirpínprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Italian anticorpo
- anticorpoprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Japanese 抗体
- 抗体 (kōtai)protein that binds to a specific antigen
Korean 항체
- 항체 (hangche)protein that binds to a specific antigen
Latin anticorpus
- anticorpusprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Latvian antiviela
- antivielaprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Lithuanian antikūnas
- antikūnasprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Māori paturopi
- paturopiprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Norwegian Bokmål antistoff
- antistoffprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Persian پادتن
- پادتن (pâdtan)protein that binds to a specific antigen
Polish przeciwciało, antyciało
- przeciwciałoprotein that binds to a specific antigen
- antyciałoprotein that binds to a specific antigen
- immunoglobulinaprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Portuguese anticorpo
- anticorpoprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Romanian anticorp, anticorpi
- anticorpprotein that binds to a specific antigen
- anticorpiprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Russian антите́ло
- антите́ло (antitélo)protein that binds to a specific antigen
Slovak protilátka
- protilátkaprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Spanish anticuerpo
- anticuerpoprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Swahili kingamwili
- kingamwiliprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Swedish antikropp
- antikroppprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Thai สารภูมิต้านทาน, แอนติบอดี
- สารภูมิต้านทาน (sǎan-puum-dtâan-taan)protein that binds to a specific antigen
- แอนติบอดี (ɛɛn-dtì-bɔɔ-dîi)protein that binds to a specific antigen
Turkish antikor
- antikorprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Ukrainian антиті́ло
- антиті́ло (antytílo)protein that binds to a specific antigen
Vietnamese kháng thể
- kháng thểprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Welsh gwrthgorff
- gwrthgorffprotein that binds to a specific antigen
Cite this entry
antibody. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibody
“antibody.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibody. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antibody,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibody.
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