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anticorpo
anticorpo
Portuguese
Etymology
anti- + corpo (“body”). Calque of German Antikörper, coined by Paul Ehrlich in 1891.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): [ˌɐ̃.ti.ˈkoɾ.pu]
- (Paulista) IPA(key): [ˌɐ̃.tʃi.ˈkoɹ.pʊ)]
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): [ˌɐ̃.tʃi.ˈkoɻ.po)]
- (Carioca) IPA(key): [ˌɐ̃.tʃi.ˈkox.pʊ]
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): [ˌɐ̃.ti.ˈkoːx.pu]
Noun
anticorpo m (plural anticorpos)
- antibody (protein that binds to a specific antigen)
Synonyms
- imunoglobulina, gamaglobulina