See Also: antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity(medicine)
Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC)(health)
ADCC (antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotox.)(health)
Cell-mediated cytotoxicity (CMC)(health)
antibody-dependent enhancement(medicine)
cell-bound antibody(medicine)
antibody-forming cell(medicine)
antibody producing cell(medicine)
antiparietal cell antibody(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)

bluestocking (medicine) and antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (medicine)


bluestocking (medicine)


bluestocking


1. A literary lady; a female pedant.

As explained in Boswell's "Life of Dr. Johnson", this term is derived from the name given to certain meetings held by ladies, in Johnson's time, for conversation with distinguished literary men. An eminent attendant of these assemblies was a Mr. Stillingfleet, who always wore blue stockings. He was so much distinguished for his conversational powers that his absence at any time was felt to be a great loss, so that the remark became common, "We can do nothing without the blue stockings." Hence these meetings were sportively called bluestocking clubs, and the ladies who attended them, bluestockings.

2. <zoology> The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).

Source: Websters Dictionary


antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (medicine)


antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity


The phenomenon of antibody-mediated target cell destruction by non-sensitised effector cells. The identity of the target cell varies, but it must possess surface IgG whose fc portion is intact. The effector cell is a "killer" cell possessing fc receptors. It may be a lymphocyte lacking conventional b- or T-cell markers, or a monocyte, macrophage, or polynuclear leukocyte, depending on the identity of the target cell. The reaction is complement-independent.