antigen

See also: Antigen and antigén

English

Etymology

From French antigène, from anti- + gène.

Noun

antigen (plural antigens)

1. (immunology) A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign.

Derived terms

• antigenemia
• neuroantigen
• photoantigen

Related terms

• antigenic

Translations

substance that induces an immune response

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抗原 (zh) (kàngyuán)

• Czech: antigen m
• Finnish: antigeeni
• French: antigène (fr) m
• German: Antigen (de) n
• Greek: αντιγόνο (el) n (antigóno)
• Hungarian: antigén (hu)
• Irish: antaigin f

• Italian: antigene (it)
• Japanese: 抗原 (こうげん, kōgen)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: antígeno (pt) m
• Romanian: antigen (ro)
• Russian: антиге́н (ru) m (antigén)
• Spanish: antígeno (es) m
• Swedish: antigen (sv) n

Anagrams

• anteing, gentian

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Czech

Noun

antigen m

1. antigen

Related terms

• antigenní

Further reading

• antigen in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• antigen in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989