Synonyms for antigen

Grammar : Noun

Spell : an-ti-juh n, -jen

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn tɪ dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn

Top 10 synonyms for antigen

Other synonyms for the word antigen

Définition of antigen

Origin : "substance that causes production of an antibody," 1908, from German Antigen, from French antigène (1899), from anti- (see anti-) + Greek -gen (see -gen).

As in Rh factor : noun blood group antigen
As in serum : noun antitoxin
As in allergen : noun irritant

Example sentences :

So he didn't produce an antigen—he produced a disease instead.
Extract from : « Pandemic » by Jesse Franklin Bone

Injections must be made and the antigen must go into the plants, not in single doses, if you please, but by the thousands.
Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting » by Northern Nut Growers Association

I shall not discuss the antigen or its method of administration.
Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting » by Northern Nut Growers Association

It is not apparent that the nature of the antigen would affect Ehrlichs theory of the formation of antibodies.
Extract from : « The Fundamentals of Bacteriology » by Charles Bradfield Morrey

If amboceptors as antigen are injected into an animal there will be formed by the animals cells antiamboceptors.
Extract from : « The Fundamentals of Bacteriology » by Charles Bradfield Morrey

The substance within the introduced cell which acts as a stimulus (antigen) to the body cells is called an agglutinogen.
Extract from : « The Fundamentals of Bacteriology » by Charles Bradfield Morrey

It is evident that some sort of an antibody results from the first protein injected and that it is specific for its own antigen.
Extract from : « The Fundamentals of Bacteriology » by Charles Bradfield Morrey

Ford claims to have obtained proof that a glucoside contained in the poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides can act as an antigen.
Extract from : « The Organism as a Whole » by Jacques Loeb

The complement fixation test is like a Wassermann reaction, but the antigen should be polyvalent.
Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley

The Libby Photronreflectometer was used to measure the turbidities developed by the interaction of antigen and antiserum.
Extract from : « Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae » by William B. Stallcup

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