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antigen

18 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. antigen (noun)
  2. antigenicity (noun)
  3. antigen-presenting cell (noun)
  4. Australia antigen (noun)
  5. carcinoembryonic antigen (noun)
  6. flagellar antigen (noun)
  7. H antigen (noun)
  8. hepatitis B surface antigen (noun)
  9. histocompatibility antigen (noun)
  10. human leukocyte antigen (noun)
  11. H-Y antigen (noun)
  12. lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (noun)
  13. O antigen (noun)
  14. prostate-specific antigen (noun)
  15. self-antigen (noun)
  16. somatic antigen (noun)
  17. T antigen (noun)
  18. Vi antigen (noun)

an·ti·gen

noun \ˈant-i-jən\

Definition of ANTIGEN

: any substance (as an immunogen or a hapten) foreign to the body that evokes an immune response either alone or after forming a complex with a larger molecule (as a protein) and that is capable of binding with a product (as an antibody or T cell) of the immune response
—an·ti·gen·ic \ˌant-i-ˈjen-ik\ adjective
—an·ti·gen·i·cal·ly \-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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