Meaning of ANTIGEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'antijun
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[n] any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates the production of antibodies |
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ANTIGEN is a 7 letter word that starts with A. |
| | See Also: | | agglutinogen, anatoxin, fetoprotein, foetoprotein, immunizing agent, immunogen, matter, Rh, Rh factor, rhesus factor, substance, toxoid | |
| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Any substance able to provoke an immune response in the human body. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A substance (e.g. a virus or bacterium) that causes an immune system response. |
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- Any foreign substance, such as a virus, bacterium, or protein, that elicits an immune response by stimulating the production of antibodies. (See Antigenic determinant, antigenic switching)
- a substance that stimulates the production or mobilization of antibodies. An antigen can be a foreign protein, toxin, bacteria, or other substance.
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| | Related Terms: | | acquired immunity, active immunity, agglutinin, allergen, anaphylactin, antiantibody, antibody, antiserum, antitoxic serum, antitoxin, antivenin, arterial blood, artificial immunity, blood, blood bank, blood cell, blood count, blood donor, blood donor center, blood group, blood grouping, blood picture, blood platelet, blood pressure, blood serum, blood substitute, bloodmobile, bloodstream, circulation, clinical dextran, congenital immunity, dextran, erythrocyte, familial immunity, globulin, gore, grume, hematics, hematologist, hematology, hematoscope, hematoscopy, hemocyte, hemoglobin, hemometer, humor, ichor, immunity, immunization, incomplete antibody, inherent immunity, inherited immunity, interferon, isoantibody, leukocyte, lifeblood, natural immunity, neutrophil, nonspecific immunity, nonsusceptibility to disease, opsonic immunity, opsonin, passive immunity, phagocyte, phagocytic immunity, plasma, plasma substitute, precipitin, racial immunity, red corpuscle, resistance, Rh factor, Rhesus factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, serum, specific immunity, toxin-antitoxin immunity, type O, venous blood, white corpuscle |
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