Meaning of ANTIGEN

Pronunciation:			'antijun
Matching Terms:			antigen processing / presenting cell, antigenic, Antigenic determinant, antigenic drift, Antigenic switching, antigenic variation, antigenicity, Antigen-Presenting Cell, Antigen-Presenting Cell Vaccine
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		Any substance able to provoke an immune response in the human body.
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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