amboceptor

[ am-buh-sep-ter ]

nounImmunology Now Rare.

Origin of amboceptor

1
1900–05; <Latin ambō both (akin to ambi-) + (re)ceptor

Words Nearby amboceptor

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How to use amboceptor in a sentence

  • The pathologist would probably object to this interpretation since no amboceptor is needed for agglutination.

  • Designated by other writers by various synonyms: preventive, or sensibilising substance, immunising body, amboceptor.

  • Hence we may have an anticytophil amboceptor or an anticomplementophil amboceptor.

    The Fundamentals of Bacteriology | Charles Bradfield Morrey
  • Therefore it is difficult to standardize the serum to get a proper amount of amboceptor for the complement present.

    The Fundamentals of Bacteriology | Charles Bradfield Morrey
  • Consequently what is sought in the complement-fixation test is a specific amboceptor.

    The Fundamentals of Bacteriology | Charles Bradfield Morrey

British Dictionary definitions for amboceptor

amboceptor

/ (ˈæmbəʊˌsɛptə) /


noun
  1. an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen

Origin of amboceptor

1
C20: from Latin ambō both (see ambi-) + (re) ceptor

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