antigen

See also: Antigen and antigén

English

Etymology

From French antigène, from anti- + gène.

Noun

antigen (plural antigens)

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

Derived terms

antigenemia

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)
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Portuguese: antígeno (pt) m
Romanian: antigen (ro)
Russian: антиге́н (ru) m (antigén)
Spanish: antígeno (es) m
Swedish: antigen (sv) n

Anagrams

anteing, gentian

Czech

Noun

antigen m

antigen

Related terms

antigenní

Further reading

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

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