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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An immunoglobulin present in the blood serum of many individuals affected by rheumatoid arthritis, used as a means of diagnosing the disease.
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- noun autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis
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