How to spell antibody

Antibody is spelled A-N-T-I-B-O-D-Y.

hear itan·ti·bod·y/'æntɪ,bɑdi/nounPrefixes and work

What it means: A protein that helps fight germs in the body.

In a sentence: The doctor explained that an antibody helps our body fight germs.

Same family: antibodies, autoantibody, antigen, immune, immunity. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “antibody” comes from the prefix “anti-” meaning “against” and “body,” originally referring to a ‘foreign body’ in the blood; it was first used in the late 19th century when scientists were discovering how the immune system fights germs.

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