Defenition of the word antigen

• Defenition of the word antigen

  • Any substance that can stimulate the body to produce antibodies against it. Antigens include bacteria, viruses, pollen, and other foreign materials. (source AIDSinfo)
  • any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates the production of antibodies
  • any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)

Hyponyms for the word antigen

• • agglutinogen
  • anatoxin
  • fetoprotein
  • foetoprotein
  • immunizing agent
  • immunogen
  • Rh
  • Rh factor
  • rhesus factor
  • toxoid

Hypernyms for the word antigen

• • immunogen
  • matter
  • substance

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