Noun: antibody
| Singular | antibody |
| Plural | antibodies |
Sample Sentences
-
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 CNN:]
Nouns inflected like antibody
clitoridectomy,
royal jelly,
whoopsy,
surrogacy,
urinary,
rastrography,
renoscopy,
sourtop blueberry,
forcible entry,
superficiary,
lipidosity,
potability,
phonography,
hyperproperty,
greenery,
conjugality,
ring singularity,
Brittany,
ignobility,
obscurity, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From anti- + body, a calque of German Antikörper. See: German Nouns '
Antikörper'.
Verbs referencing "antibody"
Finnish Nouns
antibodi.