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Autoantibody

Definition: Autoantibody

Autoantibody

Noun

1. An antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Autoantibody

English words defined with "autoantibody": rheumatoid factor. (references)
Specialty definitions using "autoantibody": Complement 3 Nephritic Factor. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Autoantibody

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Often, the first indication that patients have the autoantibody is when they cough up blood. (references)

Goodpasture syndrome involves an autoantibody that specifically targets the kidneys and the lungs. (references)

For instance, T cells that attack pancreas cells contribute to diabetes, while an autoantibody known as rheumatoid factor is common in persons with rheumatoid arthritis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Autoantibody

"Autoantibody" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Autoantibody" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%10111,207

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Autoantibody

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

autoantibody

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Autoantibody

Language Translations for "autoantibody"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

autoantistof. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

auto-antilichaam. (various references)

   

French

  

auto-anticorps. (various references)

   

German

  

Autoantikörper. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αυτοαντίσωμα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

autoanticorpo. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

autoantibodyay

   

Portuguese

  

auto-anticorpo. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

autoanticuerpo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Autoantibody

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-i-n-o-o-t-t-u-y"

-4 letters: antibody, dotation.

-5 letters: attaboy, buoyant, buttony, dittany, ouabain, tabanid, tatouay.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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