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Definition of Heterophile antibody

1. Noun. An antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis.

Medical Definition of Heterophile antibody

1. An antibody raised against an antigen from one species that also reacts against antigens from other species. Also used of Forssman type systems where antibody against antigens from a variety of species is present without immunisation. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Heterophile antibody

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Aqueous suspensions of untreated heterophile tissues also exhibit specific reactions with heterophile antibody, but proteins from such tissues which have ..."

2. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"There has been absence of the blood picture of infectious mononucleosis, and the heterophile antibody has not been present in high dilutions. ..."

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