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Noun: amboceptor
  1. An immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen.
    "The term amboceptor is now used chiefly to denote the anti-sheep erythrocyte antibody used in the hemolytic system of complement-fixation tests."

Derived forms: amboceptors

Type of: antibody