plant|i|bod|y

plant|i|bod|y
plant|i|bod|y «PLAN tuh BOD ee, PLAHN-», noun, plural. -bod|ies.
an antibody produced in a plant by genetic engineering: »

To further the cancer-fighting prospects of plantibodies, the researchers now are working…in an attempt to put genes for human-tumor-attacking antibodies into plant cells (Science News).

[< pl(ant) + antibody]

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