Medical term:
anti-
anti-
word element [Gr.], counteracting; effective against.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
anti-
(an'tē), Do not confuse this prefix with ante-.1. Combining form meaning against, opposing, or, in relation to symptoms and diseases, curative.
2. Prefix denoting an antibody (immunoglobulin) specific for the thing indicated; for example, antitoxin (antibody specific for a toxin).
[G. anti, against, opposite, instead of]
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anti-
1. Combining form meaning against, opposing, or, in relation to symptoms and diseases, curative.
2. Combining form meaning an antibody (immunoglobulin) specific for the thing indicated (e.g., antitoxin, as in antibody specific for a toxin).
[G. anti, against, opposite, instead of]
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anti-
Prefix denoting against, opposite, counteractive.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
anti-
see ANT-.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
anti-
Do not confuse this prefix with ante-.1. Combining form meaning against, opposing, or, in relation to symptoms and diseases, curative.
2. Combining form denoting an antibody (immunoglobulin) specific for the thing indicated; e.g., antitoxin (antibody specific for a toxin).
[G. anti, against, opposite, instead of]
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