AMBOCEPTOR
\ˈambə͡ʊsptə], \ˈambəʊsptə], \ˈa_m_b_əʊ_s_p_t_ə]\
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An antibody or specific immune body necessary for the ferment-like action of the complement on a toxin or a red blood corpuscle.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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[Latin] A specific antibody or immune body necessary for ferment-like action of complement on a toxin or a red blood corpuscle; a lysin.
By J.H. Kenneth
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Syn.: immune body; substance sensibilatrice of Bordet; copula; desmon; preparator; intermediary body; Hxateur; sensitizer. Ehrlich's term for the substance in blood which is not destroyed by heating to 56C., and which acts as an intermediary body that binds the complement to red blood corpuscles, bacteria, and other foreign cells by its two haptophorous groups, uniting with the two sets of receptors. It thus produces hemolysis, bacteriolysis, etc., and is greatly increased by non-fatal injections of these foreign cells or their products.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
