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Synonyms for antigen

Grammar : Noun
Spell : an-ti-juh n, -jen
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn tɪ dʒən, -ˌdʒɛn

Top 10 synonyms for antigen
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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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