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"Immunoglobulin" is the biochemical description of the proteins that are also called antibodies. Which term is used depends on the context - a lot of protein research uses antibodies to detect other proteins. If the antibody itself is being studied "immunoglobulin" may be more appropriate.
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Which term is used interchangeably with antibody?
immunoglobulin
What is an agonistic monoclonal antibody?
An agonisitic monoclonal antibody is an immunological term for a monoclonal antibody which attempts to boost the immune system in order to fight infection or cancer.
What is the term that refers to the use of dead or attenuated pathogens to stimulate antibody production?
A vaccine.
What is a specific term for a bacterial or other foreign protein that initiates antibody production by the body?
antigen
What is the medical term for an antibody that under suitable conditions combines with and causes its specific and soluble antigen to precipitate from solution?
The Medical term is Precipitin.
The clumping of cells that occurs as a result of an antigen-antibody reaction is called?
When an antigen and antibody react it causes cells to clump together. The term used to describe the clumping of cells is called agglutination.
The term antibody was coined by this scientist while investigating diphtheria toxin?
Emil Adolf von Behring
What is the medical term meaning a specific protein evoked by an antigen?
An antibody is a specific protein evoked by an antigen.
Is glycoprotein an antigen or antibody?
Antibody
What is the definition of the term immuniprecipitation?
The term immunoprecipitation refers to the technique of precipitating protein antigens out of a solution using an antibody that is designed to bind itself to that particular protein.
Is a harmful organism that lives on or in another organism called a parasite or an antibody?
The correct term, in this instance, would be parasite.
What is a substance that the body regards as foreign?
One term that is used is antigen. An antiGEN will GENerate an ANTIbody which will 'kill' the antigen.
