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Antibodies

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or transplanted organ, and that neutralises the antigen by binding specifically to it; an immunoglobulin.

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