idiotype

idiotype
idiotypic /id'ee euh tip"ik/, adj.idiotypy /id"ee euh tuy'pee/, n.
/id"ee euh tuyp'/, n. Immunol.
the molecular arrangement of amino acids unique to the antigen-binding site of a particular antibody.
[1969; back formation from idiotypic or idiotypy, on the model of allotypy; see IDIO-, ALLOTYPE]

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