"antigen" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-antigen.ogg [US] Forms: antigens [plural]
Etymology: From French antigène, from anti- + gène. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|antigène}} French antigène, {{m|fr|anti-}} anti-, {{m|fr|gène}} gène Head templates: {{en-noun}} antigen (plural antigens)
  1. (immunology) A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign. Categories (topical): Immunology Related terms: antigenic, antigenicity, antigenity Translations (substance that induces an immune response): antigen (Azerbaijani), антиген (antigen) (Bulgarian), antigen [masculine] (Catalan), 抗原 (kàngyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), antigen [masculine] (Czech), antigeen [neuter] (Dutch), antigeno (Esperanto), antigeeni (Finnish), antigène [masculine] (French), ანტიგენი (anṭigeni) (Georgian), Antigen [neuter] (German), αντιγόνο (antigóno) [neuter] (Greek), antigén (Hungarian), antigen (Indonesian), antaigin [feminine] (Irish), antigene (Italian), 抗原 (kōgen) (alt: こうげん) (Japanese), антиген (antigen) (Kazakh), អង់ទីហ្សែន (ʼɑngtiizaen) (Khmer), 항원 (hang'won) (alt: 抗原) (Korean), antigenum [neuter] (Latin), антиген (antigen) (Macedonian), antigen (Malay), പ്രതിജനകം (pratijanakaṁ) (Malayalam), dijepeydaker (Northern Kurdish), آنتیژن (Persian), antygen [masculine] (Polish), antígeno [masculine] (Portuguese), antigen (Romanian), антиге́н (antigén) [masculine] (Russian), antígeno [masculine] (Spanish), antijeni (Swahili), antigen [neuter] (Swedish), பிறபொருளெதிரியாக்கி (piṟaporuḷetiriyākki) (Tamil), สารก่อภูมิต้านทาน (sǎan-gɔ̀ɔ-puum-dtâan-taan) (Thai), แอนติเจน (ɛɛn-dtì-jên) (Thai), antijen (Turkish), antigen (Uzbek), kháng nguyên (alt: 抗原) (Vietnamese)

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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "antigen",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "антиген"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "antigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "pratijanakaṁ",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "പ്രതിജനകം"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "آنتیژن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antygen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antígeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "antigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "antigén",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "антиге́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antígeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "antijeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "antigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "piṟaporuḷetiriyākki",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "பிறபொருளெதிரியாக்கி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎan-gɔ̀ɔ-puum-dtâan-taan",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "สารก่อภูมิต้านทาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ɛɛn-dtì-jên",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "แอนติเจน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "antijen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "antigen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "抗原",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "substance that induces an immune response",
      "word": "kháng nguyên"
    }
  ],
  "word": "antigen"
}

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