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guardee

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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

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Old French edit

Verb edit

guardee

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of guarder
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