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antibody

noun
🔊/ˈæntibɒdi/
🔊/ˈæntibɑːdi/
(plural antibodies)
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  1. a substance that the body produces in the blood to fight disease, or as a reaction when certain substances are put into the body抗体（血液中抵抗疾病或当某些物质进入身体时产生反应的物质）Topics Bodyc2, Biologyc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAntibody is used before these nouns:
    • production
    • response
    Antibody is used after these nouns:
    • HIV
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    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from anti- + body, translating German Antikörper, from anti- ‘against’ + Körper ‘body’.