ANTIGEN


Meaning of ANTIGEN in English

■ noun a substance which the body recognizes as alien and which induces an immune response. Compare with antibody .

Derivatives

~ic adjective

Origin

early 20th cent.: via Ger. from Fr. antigène (see anti- , -gen ).

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