CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN

Meaning of CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN in English

Pronunciation: ˌ kär-s ə -n ō - ˌ em-br ē - ' ä-nik-

Function: noun

Date: 1967

: a glycoprotein present in fetal digestive-tract tissues and in peripheral blood of patients with some forms of cancer

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN — noun Date: 1967 a glycoprotein present in fetal digestive-tract tissues and in peripheral blood of patients with some forms of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN — ¦kärs ə n(ˌ)ōˌ…- noun Etymology: carcin- + embryonic : a glycoprotein present in fetal gut tissues during the first two …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN — n. CEA, antigen found in an increased amount in the blood of people who suffer from certain cancers (such as …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN — noun Date: 1967 : a glycoprotein present in fetal digestive-tract tissues and in peripheral blood of patients with some forms …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN — [car.ci.no.em.bry.on.ic antigen] n (1967): a glycoprotein present in fetal gut tissues during the first two trimesters of pregnancy and in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN — CEA. A substance that is sometimes found in an increased amount in the blood of people who have certain cancers, …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN — карциноэмбриональный антиген
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
ANTIGEN — noun Etymology: German, from French antigène, from anticorps antibody + -gène -gen Date: 1908 any substance (as an immunogen or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANTIGEN — Foreign substance in the body that induces an immune response. The antigen stimulates lymphocyte s to produce antibodies or to …
Английский словарь Британика
ANTIGEN — ˈantə̇jən, -ˌjen, -in noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary anti- (I) + -gen 1. : a usually protein …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — — antigenic /an'ti jen"ik/ , adj. — antigenically , adv. — antigenicity /an'ti jeuh nis"i tee/ , n. /an"ti jeuhn, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CARCINOEMBRYONIC — adj. found in both carcinoma and embryonic tissues (Medicine)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ANTIGEN — n. foreign substance which stimulates the production of antibodies when introduced into a living organism
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ANTIGEN — noun Etymology: German, from French antigène, from anticorps antibody + -gène -gen Date: 1908 : any substance (as an immunogen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANTIGEN — ■ noun a substance which the body recognizes as alien and which induces an immune response. Compare with antibody . …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ANTIGEN — [an.ti.gen] n [G, fr. F antigene, fr. anticorps antibody + -gene -gen] (1908): a usu. protein or carbohydrate substance (as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANTIGEN — foreign substance that, when introduced into the body, is capable of stimulating an immune response, specifically activating lymphocytes, which are …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANTIGEN — antigen BrE AmE ˈænt ɪdʒ ə n -ədʒ-, -i dʒen AmE \ ˈæn t̬ - ▷ antigen|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — / ˈæntɪdʒən; NAmE / noun ( medical ) a substance that enters the body and starts a process that can …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — an ‧ ti ‧ gen /ˈæntɪdʒən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: German ; Origin: French antigène …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ANTIGEN — n. a foreign substance (e.g. toxin) which causes the body to produce antibodies. øøantigenic adj. [G (as ANTIBODY, -GEN)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ANTIGEN — n. a foreign substance (e.g. toxin) which causes the body to produce antibodies. antigenic adj. [ G (as ANTIBODY, -GEN) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — n. a foreign substance (e.g. toxin) which causes the body to produce antibodies. Derivatives: antigenic adj. Etymology: G (as ANTIBODY, …
Oxford English vocab
ANTIGEN — ( antigens) An antigen is a substance that helps the production of antibodies. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — (~s) An ~ is a substance that helps the production of antibodies. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ANTIGEN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE specific ▪ New nosodes have also been added to the armamentarium and special remedies …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ANTIGEN — n. Foreign substance in the body that induces an immune response. The antigen stimulates lymphocyte s to produce antibodies or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ANTIGEN — Synonyms and related words : Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor, acquired immunity, active immunity, agglutinin, allergen, anaphylactin, antiantibody, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ANTIGEN — anteing gentian
Anagrams English vocabulary
ANTIGEN — Something potentially capable of inducing an immune response. Antibodies are elicited by antigens.
English Dictionary of Medicine
ANTIGEN — A substance that causes the immune system to make a specific immune response.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
ANTIGEN — a substance that -- when introduced into the body -- stimulates production of an antibody.
AIDS English Glossary
ANTIGEN — сущ.; физиол. антиген (физиологическое) антиген antigen физиол. антиген
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ANTIGEN — Антиген
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ANTIGEN — antigen.ogg ʹæntıdʒən n физиол. антиген
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ANTIGEN — антиген - heterogenetic antigens
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
ANTIGEN
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
ANTIGEN
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CARCINOEMBRYONIC — карциноэмбриональный (об антигене)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
ANTIGEN — сущ.; физиол. антиген (физиологическое) антиген antigen физиол. антиген
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN PEPTIDE-1 — CAP-1. A protein that can stimulate an immune response to certain tumors.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
CEA — abbreviation carcinoembryonic antigen herein
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LESION — in physiology, a structural or biochemical change in an organ or tissue produced by disease processes or a wound. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
CEA ASSAY — A laboratory test to measure the level of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a substance that is sometimes found in an increased …
English Dictionary of Medicine
VACCINIA CEA VACCINE — A cancer vaccine containing the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) gene.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
ANTI-CEA ANTIBODY — An antibody against carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a protein present on certain types of cancer cells.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
CEA ASSAY — A laboratory test to measure carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a substance that is sometimes found in an increased amount in the …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
CEA — Carcinoembryonic antigen. A substance that is sometimes found in an increased amount in the blood of people who have certain …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
CAP-1 — Carcinoembryonic antigen peptide-1. A protein that can stimulate an immune response.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
ALVAC-CEA VACCINE — A cancer vaccine containing a canary pox virus (ALVAC) combined with the human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) gene.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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