amboceptor

[ am-buh-sep-ter ]

noun

, Immunology Now Rare.

1. hemolysin.

amboceptor

/ ˈæmbəʊˌsɛptə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of amboceptor¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of amboceptor¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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Therefore it is difficult to standardize the serum to get a proper amount of amboceptor for the complement present.

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Consequently what is sought in the complement-fixation test is a specific amboceptor.

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