anti-idiotype

[an-tee-id-ee-uh-tahyp, an-tahy-]

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noun

Immunology.

a molecular arrangement on an antibody that is the counterpart of that on a different antibody, thus making one an antigen to the other.

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anti-idiotypic adjective

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