Forssman antibody — noun an antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis • Syn: ↑heterophil antibody, ↑heterophile antibody • Hypernyms: ↑antibody * * * ˈfȯrsmən noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology … Useful english dictionary
Forssman antibody — heterophile antibody directed against the Forssman antigen … Medical dictionary
Forssman antigen — a heterophile antigen that induces production of antisheep hemolysin, found in a variety of different animals, mainly in organs and not in erythrocytes (guinea pig, horse); sometimes it is found only in erythrocytes (sheep), and occasionally in… … Medical dictionary
Forssman antibody antigen — Forss·man antibody, antigen (forsґmən) [John Forssman, Swedish pathologist, 1868–1947] see under antibody and antigen … Medical dictionary
forssman antigen — noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology: after J. Forssman : an antigenic constituent occurring in animals without regard to biologic relationship (as one present in guinea pigs and sheep but absent from rabbit and cattle) : a heterophile… … Useful english dictionary
Forssman — John, Swedish bacteriologist and pathologist, 1868–1947. See F. antibody, F. antigen, F. reaction, F. antigen antibody reaction. Hans, Swedish physician, *1912. See Börjeson F. Lehmann syndrome … Medical dictionary
forssman — forss·man … English syllables
Forssman antigen — A glycolipid heterophil antigen present on tissue cells of many species. It was first described for sheep red cells, and is not present on human, rabbit, rat, porcine or bovine cells … Dictionary of molecular biology
Villehad Forssman — Villehad Henrik Forssman (* 26. April 1884 in Wyborg, Großfürstentum Finnland; † 10. Februar 1944 in Hannover) war ein schwedischer Ingenieur und Flugzeugkonstrukteur. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Trivia … Deutsch Wikipedia
Villehad Henrik Forssman — (* 26. April 1884 in Wyborg, Großfürstentum Finnland; † 10. Februar 1944 in Hannover) war ein schwedischer Ingenieur und Flugzeugkonstrukteur. Leben Forssman, als Sohn schwedischer Eltern in Finnland geboren, hatte sich bereits auf verschiedenen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
