ANTIGEN


Meaning of ANTIGEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈan-ti-jən, -ˌjen ]

noun

Etymology: German, from French antigène, from anticorps antibody + -gène -gen

Date: 1908

: any substance (as an immunogen or a hapten) foreign to the body that evokes an immune response either alone or after forming a complex with a larger molecule (as a protein) and that is capable of binding with a product (as an antibody or T cell) of the immune response ; specifically : immunogen

• an·ti·gen·ic ˌan-ti-ˈje-nik adjective

• an·ti·gen·i·cal·ly -ni-k(ə-)lē adverb

• an·ti·ge·nic·i·ty -jə-ˈni-sə-tē noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.