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antibody

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tiˌbɒd.i/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɪˌbɒd.i/
  • US: /ˈæn.tɪˌbɑ.di/
  • US: [ˈæn.tɪˌbɑ.ɾi]
  • US: [ˈɛən.tɪˌbɑ.ɾi]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tiˌbɔd.i/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [æn.tiˌbɔɾ.i]
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɪˌbɔd.i/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈæn.tɪˌbɔɾ.i]
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 N T IH0 B AA2 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AE1 N T IY0 B AA2 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: immunoglobulin, immune globulin

Antonyms: antigen, Ag

Broader terms: protein

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: protein

Narrower terms: autoantibody, precipitin, ABO antibodies, Rh antibody, antitoxin, agglutinin, heterophil antibody, heterophile antibody, Forssman antibody, isoantibody, alloantibody, monoclonal antibody, monoclonal, opsonin, immunoglobulin, Ig, immune serum globulin, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin

History

Etymology

From anti- + body, a calque of German Antikörper.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جِسْم مُضَادّ (jism muḍādd) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Bulgarian: а́нтитя́ло (ántitjálo) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Catalan: anticòs — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 抗體 /抗体 (kàngtǐ) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Czech: protilátka — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Danish: antistof — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Dutch: antilichaam — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Esperanto: antikorpo — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Esperanto: antipartiklo — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Estonian: antikeha — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Finnish: vasta-aine — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • French: anticorps — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Galician: anticorpo — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Georgian: ანტისხეული (anṭisxeuli) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • German: Antikörper — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Greek: αντίσωμα (antísoma) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Gujarati: પ્રતિપિંડ (pratipiṇḍ) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Hebrew: נוֹגְדָן (nogdán) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Hungarian: antitest — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Hungarian: ellenanyag — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Ido: antikorpo — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Irish: antashubstaint — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Irish: frithábhar — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Irish: frithchoirpín — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Italian: anticorpo — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Japanese: 抗体 (kōtai) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Kazakh: антидене (antidene) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Khmer: អង្គបដិប្រាណ (ʼɑɑngkɔɔpdepraan) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Korean: 항체 (hangche) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Central Kurdish: دژەتەن (dijeten) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Northern Kurdish: dijeten — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Latin: anticorpus — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Latvian: antiviela — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Lithuanian: antikūnas — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Luxembourgish: Antikierper — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Māori: paturopi — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Mongolian: эсрэгбие (esregbije) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Mongolian: ᠡᠰᠡᠷᠭᠦ ᠪᠡᠶ᠎ᠡ (esergü bey-e) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: antistoff — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: antistoff — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Pannonian Rusyn: антицело (anticelo) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Persian: پادتن (pâdtan) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Polish: przeciwciało — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Polish: antyciało — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Polish: immunoglobulina — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Portuguese: anticorpo — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Romanian: anticorp — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Romanian: anticorpi — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Russian: антите́ло (antitélo) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀нтитије̄ло — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Serbo-Croatian: àntitijēlo — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Slovak: protilátka — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Spanish: anticuerpo — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Swahili: kingamwili — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Swedish: antikropp — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Telugu: ప్రతిరక్షకము (pratirakṣakamu) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Thai: สารภูมิต้านทาน (sǎan-puum-dtâan-taan) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Thai: แอนติบอดี (ɛɛn-dtì-bɔɔ-dîi) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Turkish: antikor — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Ukrainian: антиті́ло (antytílo) — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Vietnamese: kháng thể — protein that binds to a specific antigen
  • Welsh: gwrthgorff — protein that binds to a specific antigen
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