guardee

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

guard +‎ -ee

Noun[edit]

guardee (plural guardees)

  1. (biochemistry) Any protein (involved in an immune system) that when modified by a pathogen becomes bound by a guard protein, precipitating the immune response

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

guardee (plural guardees)

  1. (rare) guardsman

Anagrams[edit]

Old French[edit]

Verb[edit]

guardee

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of guarder