See Also: coproantibodies(medicine)

Downpatrick (sh) and coproantibodies (medicine)


Downpatrick (sh)




Town (pop., 1991: 10,113), seat of Down district, Northern Ireland.

It is on the southwestern end of Strangford Lough. Formerly a MacDunleary stronghold, it was seized in 1177 by the Anglo-Norman adventurer John de Courci and served as his headquarters until 1203. St. Patrick is reputedly buried on the grounds of its cathedral.


coproantibodies (medicine)


coproantibodies
Antibodies found in the intestine and in faeces; they probably are formed by plasma cells in the intestinal mucosa and consist chiefly of the IgA class.