amboceptor Biochem.
(ˈæmbəʊˌsɛptɔː(r))
[G. (Ehrlich & Morgenroth in Berl. Klin. Wochenschr. 11 Mar. 252/1), f. L. ambo both + receptor.]
In Ehrlich's theory of immunization, a receptor having two combining or haptophoric groups of atoms, by which it unites both with the immunizing body and with the complement. Opp. uniceptor.
| 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Apr. 920 There is no amboceptor as such, but the body consists of a zymophoric group. 1904 [see thermolabile a.]. 1937 T. W. B. Osborn Complement or Alexin i. 4 The ‘preventive substance’, ‘immune body’, ‘antibody’, or ‘sensitizer’ became the ‘amboceptor’. |