noun
- an antibody produced by one individual that reacts against antigens from another individual of the same species
Usage: medical; immunology
Examples
- The patient developed alloantibodies after receiving multiple blood transfusions.
- Alloantibody screening is routinely performed before organ transplantation.
- Pregnant women may produce alloantibodies against fetal blood cells.
- The laboratory detected alloantibodies in the donor’s serum sample.
- Alloantibody formation can complicate future transfusions for the patient.
- Researchers studied alloantibody responses in transplant recipients.