(ăn″tē-ăn′tĭ-bŏd-ē)
[Pronunciation]
[″ + ″]
An antibody that blocks the binding site of another antibody.
Blocking the site inhibits antibody-antigen binding because the antigen must compete with the antiantibody for the receptor site.
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