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   ocr: Antibody AI PROTEIN produced by the body to attack germs WHEN a germ, such as a bacterium or a virus, enters the body, aspecific antibody 1S produced (by certain white blood cells) to neutralize that particular germ. An antibody acts by neutralizing the poison produced by agerm, or by killing or paralyzing the germ to make it easier fora white blood cellto - "eat" it.