Fab fragment

[ ĕf′ā-bē′ ]

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The portion of an immunoglobulin molecule that binds the antigen.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

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The fragment is written in Coptic, not Greek, and is not actually from the Bible, as the title would indicate.
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It really is startling that not one fragment of an airplane that weighed 250 tons has yet turned up.
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If it falls apart, then the “Caliphate” will almost certainly fragment, too.
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A fragment penetrated her shoulder, missing a major artery by an inch.
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Day 50 of the search for Flight MH370 has come and gone without one fragment of the Boeing 777 being found.
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It is undoubtedly true if we look at any little portion of business activity taken as a fragment by itself.
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It is somewhat curious that, previous to the publication of Christabel, there appeared a conclusion to that splendid fragment.
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various
This insect varies so much in colour, that I almost think it to be the same species with the following S. cyanipes, Fab.
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Fragment, apparently from a columnar mass, of a stone intermediate between clink-stone and compact felspar.
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The author of this fragment writes in the style which seems to belong to the primitive ages.
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