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Immunity unit
Answer for the clue "Immunity unit ", 8 letters:
antibody
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Word definitions for antibody in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An antibody is a type of protein used by the immune system. Antibody or antibodies may also refer to: Antibodies (film) , a 2005 German film Antibody (film) , 2002 science fiction film
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"substance developed in blood as an antitoxin," 1901, a hybrid formed from anti- "against" + body . Probably a translation of German Antikörper , condensed from a phrase such as anti-toxischer Körper "anti-toxic body" (1891).
Usage examples of antibody.
The usual reason for antibody testing is as a check to see if somebody needs to renew their shots.
Also, there are situations where testing for the antibody to a pathogen suspected of causing a condition can make sense, given the right circumstances.
A positive HIV result from somebody who is completely symptom-free, on the other hand, means either that the antibody has been carried from birth without the virus ever having been encountered, or that the virus has been successfully neutralized to the point of invisibility.
The antibody coating seemed to stiffen and tighten and the bacterium within writhed.
To retrieve and decode that sliver, Riveroma needs a string of information that will be found coded onto a specific antibody which he will find in your bloodstream.
Tell us how we get our hands on the antibody, or I unleash Jack and Carl on you.
A survivor was important because he or she would have developed an antibody to combat the virus, or antigen.
With the antibody identified, scientists could at least be creating blood tests for screening out carriers.
If this is a virus infection, we might only need to find an antibody for inoculation to stop it in its tracks.
Controls were needed, to be certain that the antibody suspension alone was bringing about the changes seen and not something else.
Preliminary skin-tests of the antibody suspension showed no sign of untoward reaction.
But when they had tried to apply the antibody in the afflicted patients, the response had been totally unexpected.
A specific antibody used against a specific virus should have destroyed the virus or slowed its progress, and there seemed to be no rational explanation for the dreadful response of the uninfected ones who had been inoculated for protection.
Even those of us who have not been affected so far are beginning to feel the early symptoms of the antibody attack.
Once trapped in the node, the bacterium is handled by antibodies or, if that fails, by white cells mobilized for battle.