guardee

English

Etymology 1

From guard +‎ -ee.

Noun

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

Noun

guardee (plural guardees)

1. (rare) guardsman

Anagrams

• augered

Old French

Verb

guardee

1. feminine singular of the past participle of guarder