antibody vs cytophilic antibody

cytophilic antibody vs antibody

antibody and cytophilic antibody both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antibody	Yes	No	No	No
cytophilic antibody	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cytophilic antibody is a hyponym of antibody; that is, cytophilic antibody is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than antibody:

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
cytophilic antibody: a type of antibody that has an affinity for certain kinds of cells, in addition to and unrelated to its specific affinity for the antigen that induced it, because of the properties of the Fc portion of the heavy chain.

Other hyponyms of antibody include autoantibody, precipitin, ABO antibodies, Rh antibody, antitoxin, agglutinin, Forssman antibody, heterophil antibody, heterophile antibody, alloantibody, isoantibody, monoclonal, monoclonal antibody, opsonin, Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immune serum globulin, immunoglobulin, antiphospholipid antibody, amboceptor, anaphylactic antibody, cytotropic antibody, heteroclitic antibody.

antibody (noun)	cytophilic antibody (noun)
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	a type of antibody that has an affinity for certain kinds of cells, in addition to and unrelated to its specific affinity for the antigen that induced it, because of the properties of the Fc portion of the heavy chain.

Difference between antibody and cytophilic antibody

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