anticuerpo

/antiˈkweɾpo/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los anticuerpos

Meaning

  1. antibody

    Built from anti (against) + cuerpo (body).

    • El cuerpo produce anticuerpos.

      The body produces antibodies.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • anti against
  • cuerpo body

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

anticorps

anticorps is the French word for the same thing — both mean "antibody."

Portuguese

anticorpo

anticorpo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "antibody."

Practice

1 What does anticuerpo mean?

2 Fill the gap: El cuerpo produce ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches anticuerpo?

nouncompound

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