Question

From the context in "How Is the Flu Shot Delivered?" what do you conclude is the meaning of the technical term antibodies?

Question 14 options:

something that is passed between people


a type of virus found in a vaccine


something in the body that wards off illness


a type of influenza that is common in winter

Answer 1

C: Something in the body that wards off illness. Antibodies definition: a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances which the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood.

Answer 2

c- something in the body that wards of illness