'antigen' definitions:
Definition of 'antigen'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)
Synonyms of 'antigen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquired immunity,
- active immunity,
- agglutinin,
- allergen,
- anaphylactin,
- antiantibody,
- antibody,
- antiserum,
- antitoxic serum,
- antitoxin,
- antivenin,
- arterial blood,
- artificial immunity,
- blood,
- blood bank,
- blood cell,
- blood count,
- blood donor,
- blood donor center,
- blood group,
- blood grouping,
- blood picture,
- blood platelet,
- blood pressure,
- blood serum,
- blood substitute,
- bloodmobile,
- bloodstream,
- circulation,
- clinical dextran,
- congenital immunity,
- dextran,
- erythrocyte,
- familial immunity,
- globulin,
- gore,
- grume,
- hematics,
- hematologist,
- hematology,
- hematoscope,
- hematoscopy,
- hemocyte,
- hemoglobin,
- hemometer,
- humor,
- ichor,
- immunity,
- immunization,
- incomplete antibody,
- inherent immunity,
- inherited immunity,
- interferon,
- isoantibody,
- leukocyte,
- lifeblood,
- natural immunity,
- neutrophil,
- nonspecific immunity,
- nonsusceptibility to disease,
- opsonic immunity,
- opsonin,
- passive immunity,
- phagocyte,
- phagocytic immunity,
- plasma,
- plasma substitute,
- precipitin,
- racial immunity,
- red corpuscle,
- resistance,
- Rh factor,
- Rh-negative,
- Rh-positive,
- Rh-type,
- Rhesus factor,
- serum,
- specific immunity,
- toxin-antitoxin immunity,
- type O,
- venous blood,
- white corpuscle