antigen
nounEtymology From French antigène, from anti- + gène.
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Immunology, Medicine, Sciences A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign (nonself) but not always so.
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aeroantigen, alloantigen, antigenemia, antigenized, antigen-presenting cell, Australia antigen, autoantigen, broad antigen, chimeric antigen receptor, coproantigen, Duffy antigen, ectoantigen, exoantigen, glycoantigen, Goodpasture's antigen, group-specific antigen, histocompatibility antigen, human leukocyte antigen, immunoantigen, isoantigen, multiantigen, neoantigen, neuroantigen, nonantigen, pathoantigen, phosphoantigen, photoantigen, prostate-specific antigen, rapid antigen test, self-antigen, split antigen, superantigen, xenoantigen- Related terms
- antigenic, antigenicity, antigenity