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Noun: cytophilic antibody
  1. A type of antibody that has an affinity for certain kinds of cells, in addition to and unrelated to its specific affinity for the antigen that induced it, because of the properties of the Fc portion of the heavy chain.
    "Cytophilic antibodies are responsible for the allergic immunological response of the organism.";
    - anaphylactic antibody, cytotropic antibody

Type of: antibody

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cytology
cytolysin
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cytomegalic
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cytophotometry
cytoplasm
cytoplasmatic
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cytoplastic