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Definition of: amboceptor
(am′bə·sep′tər) noun Bacteriol.
A thermostable agent supposed by Ehrlich to exist in blood serum and to assist in the destruction of pathogenic organisms by uniting them to another substance (the complement) also present in the blood. [ < L ambo both + (RE)CEPTOR]
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