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heterophil antibody
 

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Noun heterophil antibody has 1 sense
  1. heterophil antibody, heterophile antibody, Forssman antibody - an antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis
    --1 is a kind of antibody

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Heterophil Antibody

Noun

A heterophil antibody is an antibody that is produced in response to having a viral or bacterial infection, especially infectious mononucleosis caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. It is also known as a heterophile antibody.

Sample sentence: The presence of heterophil antibodies is tested to diagnose infectious mononucleosis.

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