Intrabody
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An antibody that exists inside and operates within a cell.
"1998, Discover, Volume 19, Time Inc., page 36, The T cells could now produce their own anti-Tat intrabody."
- 1 That exists, operates or occurs within a body (especially the human body). not-comparable
"2006, Rebecca Grinter, et al. (editors), CHI 2006: Interact, Inform, Inspire: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Proceedings, Volume 1, Association for Computing Machinery, page 677, An intuitive context aware service between two devices is possible using touch with the intrabody communication."
- 2 That exists, operates or occurs within the vertebral body. not-comparable
Example
More examples"2006, Rebecca Grinter, et al. (editors), CHI 2006: Interact, Inform, Inspire: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Proceedings, Volume 1, Association for Computing Machinery, page 677, An intuitive context aware service between two devices is possible using touch with the intrabody communication."
Etymology
From intra- + body.
Blend of intracellular + antibody, probably influenced by the above.
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