WordCmp.com

Ig vs antibody

antibody vs Ig

Ig and antibody both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Ig Yes No No No
antibody Yes No No No
As nouns, antibody is a hypernym of Ig; that is, antibody is a word with a broader meaning than Ig:
  • Ig: a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
  • antibody: any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
Other hypernyms of Ig include gamma globulin, human gamma globulin.
Ig (noun) antibody (noun)
a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
Difference between Ig and antibody

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.