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antigen

antigen noun: a substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign (nonself) but not always so.

Noun

antigen (plural antigens)

  1. A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign (nonself) but not always so.

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
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antigen in Indonesian
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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.

All 25 example sentences with antigen

Antonyms of antigen

Forms of antigen

pluralantigens

Plural of antigen: antigens

Origin of antigen

From French antigène, from anti- + gène.

Words formed from antigen

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

  1. antigastric
  2. antigay
  3. antigayism
  4. antigayness
  5. antigelatinolytic
  6. antigen
  7. antigen-presenting cell
  8. antigenaemia
  9. antigenaemias
  10. antigenaemic
  11. antigender

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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