Wassermann antibody

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noun Immunology.

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Origin of Wassermann antibody

Named after A. von Wassermann, who discovered its reaction in blood tests for syphilis

Words nearby Wassermann antibody

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How to use Wassermann antibody in a sentence

Most people—at least 95 percent of adults—have pre-existing antibody to measles.
Are Viruses the Next Cure for Cancer?|Kent Sepkowitz|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In general, a person who has had an infection maintains detectable antibody against that infection for life.
The ‘HIV-Cured Baby’ Distorts Hope|Kent Sepkowitz|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She, unlike the other millions, has no detectable antibody to HIV.
The ‘HIV-Cured Baby’ Distorts Hope|Kent Sepkowitz|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For example, though I had chicken pox decades ago, I still have antibody to chicken pox.
The ‘HIV-Cured Baby’ Distorts Hope|Kent Sepkowitz|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But in health, people with HIV always maintain readily detectable antibody.
The ‘HIV-Cured Baby’ Distorts Hope|Kent Sepkowitz|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wassermann made several eosin preparations, by coupling the sodium derivative with potassium selenocyanide.
Synthesis of 2-methyl-4-selenoquinazolone, 2-phenylbenzoselenazole, and its derivatives|Y-Gwan Chen
Wassermann, Keysser and Wassermann made experiments with it, chemotherapeutically, on animal tumors.
Synthesis of 2-methyl-4-selenoquinazolone, 2-phenylbenzoselenazole, and its derivatives|Y-Gwan Chen
Imagine estimating philosophers by their chest expansions, their blood pressures, their Wassermann reactions!
Damn!|Henry Louis Mencken
Three men—Wassermann, Ehrlich, and Noguchi—have supplied the knowledge whereby the evil may be attacked.
Women's Wild Oats|C. Gasquoine Hartley
Herr Wassermann, one of the cleverest of my former pupils, played my Concertante with me.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography|Louis Spohr