amboceptor

[ am-buh-sep-ter ]
/ ˈæm bəˌsɛp tər /

noun Immunology Now Rare.

hemolysin.

Origin of amboceptor

1900–05; < Latin ambō both (akin to ambi-) + (re)ceptor

Words nearby amboceptor

amblyopia, amblyoscope, amblypod, ambo, ambo-, amboceptor, amboina, amboina wood, amboise, ambon, ambonese

Example sentences from the Web for amboceptor

  • The pathologist would probably object to this interpretation since no amboceptor is needed for agglutination.

    The Organism as a Whole |Jacques Loeb

  • This effect is only produced when two substances are present, the amboceptor or immune body and the complement.

    Alcoholic Fermentation |Arthur Harden

  • Therefore it is difficult to standardize the serum to get a proper amount of amboceptor for the complement present.

    The Fundamentals of Bacteriology |Charles Bradfield Morrey

  • Designated by other writers by various synonyms: preventive, or sensibilising substance, immunising body, amboceptor.

    Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 |Olga Metchnikoff

British Dictionary definitions for amboceptor

amboceptor
/ (ˈæmbəʊˌsɛptə) /

noun

an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen

Word Origin for amboceptor

C20: from Latin ambō both (see ambi-) + ( re) ceptor

Medical definitions for amboceptor

amboceptor
[ ăm′bō-sĕp′tər ]

n.

The antibody to sheep red blood cells used in complement-fixation tests.