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antigen

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