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antigenic

an·ti·gen
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-ti-juh n, -jen]
    • /ˈæn tɪ dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-ti-juh n, -jen]
    • /ˈæn tɪ dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn/

Definitions of antigenic word

  • noun antigenic Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them. 1
  • noun antigenic Pharmacology. any commercial substance that, when injected or absorbed into animal tissues, stimulates the production of antibodies. 1
  • noun antigenic antigens of a particular type collectively. 1
  • noun antigenic (immunology) Of or relating to an antigen. 1
  • adjective antigenic that causes antibodies 1
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Origin of antigenic

First appearance:

before 1905
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; anti(body) + -gen

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Parts of speech for Antigenic

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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antigenic popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Related words

  • acellular vaccine

    a vaccine that contains cellular material but not complete cells, specifically, antigenic or allergenic parts of cells.

  • antigenic determinant

    the specific part of an antigen molecule to which an antibody becomes attached

  • determinant

    A determinant of something causes it to be of a particular kind or to happen in a particular way.

  • hapten

    a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.

  • histocompatibility

    the condition of having antigenic similarities such that cells or tissues transplanted from one (the donor) to another (the recipient) are not rejected.

  • histocompatibility antigen

    any antigen on the surface of tissue or blood cells that provokes the immune response and subsequent rejection when transplanted to an individual of a different antigenic type, thus determining whether the tissues or organs of a donor and recipient are histocompatible.
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