antigen
antigen noun: a substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign (nonself) but not always so.
Noun
antigen (plural antigens)
- A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign (nonself) but not always so.
- Antonyms:
- antibody, Ab, immunoglobulin, immune globulin
antigen meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
antigen in Tamil
- substance that induces an immune response
- பிறபொருளெதிரியாக்கி piṟaporuḷetiriyākki
antigen in Telugu
- antigen
- ప్రతిజనకము pratijanakamu
antigen in Malayalam
- substance that induces an immune response
- പ്രതിജനകം pratijanakaṁ
antigen in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತಿನಿರೋಧಜನಕ, ಪ್ರತಿವಿಷಜನಕ
More languagesFewer languages
- antigen in Malay
- antigen
- antigen in Indonesian
- antigen
- antigen in Persian
- آنتیژن
- antigen in Thai
- สารก่อภูมิต้านทาน sǎan-gɔ̀ɔ-puum-dtâan-taan, แอนติเจน ɛɛn-dtì-jên
- antigen in Vietnamese
- kháng nguyên
Examples of antigen in a sentence
- Almost any antigen, no matter how benign under most conditions, can have immunopotential effects at least in rare circumstances or hosts.
- Another option exists for eliminating Tregs is anticytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) antibodies.
- Such mutants that cannot heptamerize have been shown to be more effective antigens.
Antonyms of antigen
Forms of antigen
| plural | antigens |
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Origin of antigen
From French antigène, from anti- + gène.
Words formed from antigen
- aeroantigen
- alloantigen
- antigenemia
- antigenized
- antigen-presenting cell
- Australia antigen
- autoantigen
- broad antigen
- chimeric antigen receptor
- coproantigen
- Duffy antigen
- ectoantigen
- exoantigen
- glycoantigen
- Goodpasture's antigen
- group-specific antigen
- histocompatibility antigen
- human leukocyte antigen
- immunoantigen
- isoantigen
- K antigen
- multiantigen
- neoantigen
- neuroantigen
- nonantigen
- pathoantigen
- phosphoantigen
- photoantigen
- prostate-specific antigen
- rapid antigen test
- self-antigen
- split antigen
- superantigen
- xenoantigen
Phrases with antigen
Questions about antigen
- What does antigen mean?
- Antigen means a substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign (nonself) but not always so.
- What is antigen in Tamil?
- Antigen in Tamil is பிறபொருளெதிரியாக்கி (piṟaporuḷetiriyākki). See Antigen meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is antigen?
- Antigen is a noun.
- What is the plural of antigen?
- The plural of antigen is antigens.
Words near antigen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: antigen (page history and authors); ప్రతిజనకము (Telugu) (page history and authors); antigen (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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