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Antiserum vs Antibody - What's the difference?

antiserum | antibody |

As nouns the difference between antiserum and antibody

is that antiserum is (medicine) a serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antigens specific for combatting an infectious disease while antibody is (immunology) a protein produced by b-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.

antiserum

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antigens specific for combatting an infectious disease.

    • Anagrams

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    antibody

    English

    (wikipedia antibody)

    Noun

    (antibodies)
  • (immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.

    • Synonyms

    * immunoglobulin