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Meaning of "antigen" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANTIGEN

From anti(body) + -gen.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTIGEN

antigen  [ˈæntɪdʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTIGEN

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antigen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANTIGEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Antigen

In immunology, an antigen, or antibody generator, is any substance which provokes an adaptive immune response. An antigen is often foreign or toxic to the body which, once in the body, attracts and is bound to a respective and specific antibody. That is to say, an antigen is a molecule that also induces an immune response in the body. Each antibody is specifically designed to deal with certain antigens because of variation in the antibody's complementary determining regions. Paul Ehrlich coined the term antibody in his side-chain theory at the end of 19th century. The term antigen originally came from ANTIbody GENerator. The antigen may originate from within the body or from the external environment. The immune system is usually non-reactive against "self" antigens under normal conditions and is supposed to identify and attack only "non-self" invaders from the outside world or modified/harmful substances present in the body under distressed conditions. Cells present their antigenic structures to the immune system via a histocompatibility molecule.

Definition of antigen in the English dictionary

The definition of antigen in the dictionary is a substance that stimulates the production of antibodies.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTIGEN


alloantigen
ˌæləʊˈæntɪdʒən
Bajan
ˈbeɪdʒən
Cajun
ˈkeɪdʒən
contagion
kənˈteɪdʒən
cultigen
ˈkʌltɪdʒən
dihydrogen
daɪˈhaɪdrɪdʒən
florigen
ˈflɒrɪdʒən
Harijan
ˈhʌrɪdʒən
hydrogen
ˈhaɪdrɪdʒən
indigen
ˈɪndɪdʒən
irreligion
ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒən
isoantigen
ˌaɪsəʊˈæntɪdʒən
mucigen
ˈmjuːsɪdʒən
oxygen
ˈɒksɪdʒən
religion
rɪˈlɪdʒən
smidgen
ˈsmɪdʒən
smidgeon
ˈsmɪdʒən
Trajan
ˈtreɪdʒən
widgeon
ˈwɪdʒən
wigeon
ˈwɪdʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTIGEN

antigambling
antigang
antigay
antigene
antigenic
antigenic determinant
antigenically
antigenicity
antiglare
antiglobulin
Antigone
Antigonus I
antigovernment
antigraft
antigravity
antigropeloes
antigropelos
antigrowth

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTIGEN

aborigen
Agen
anlagen
bergen
collagen
Copenhagen
Eigen
Erlangen
gen
Groningen
Hagen
halogen
histocompatibility antigen
lucigen
morgen
Nijmegen
nitrogen
Origen
Siegen
Solingen

Synonyms and antonyms of antigen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «antigen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTIGEN

Find out the translation of antigen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antigen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antigen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抗原
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antígeno
570 millions of speakers

English

antigen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المستضد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антиген
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antígeno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দেহস্থ ক্ষতিকর পদার্থ নষ্টকারী পদার্থকে সক্রিয় করার ভেষজ-বিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antigène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antigen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Antigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

抗原
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

항원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antigen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kháng nguyên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எதிரியாக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिजन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

antijen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antigene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antygen
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антиген
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antigen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιγόνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antigeen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antigen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antigen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antigen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIGEN»

The term «antigen» is very widely used and occupies the 22.935 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIGEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antigen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTIGEN»

Discover the use of antigen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antigen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Blood Group Antigen FactsBook
The second edition of The Blood Group Antigen FactsBook provides key information relating to human red blood cell membrane components carrying blood group antigens, the molecular basis of the antigens, their serological characteristics, and ...
Marion E. Reid, Christine Lomas-Francis, 2003
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Antigen Retrieval Immunohistochemistry Based Research and ...
Featuring contributions from a worldwide group of leading experts and research scientists in the field, this important work: Summarizes the key problems in the four fields of antigen retrieval Discusses the advances of AR techniques and ...
Shan-Rong Shi, Clive R. Taylor, 2011
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The Leucocyte Antigen Factsbook
A volume in the popular FactsBook Series, the First Edition of The Leucocyte Antigen FactsBook was hugely successful.
A. Neil Barclay, Marion H. Brown, S. K. Alex K. Alex Law, 1997
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Microscopy, Immunohistochemistry, and Antigen Retrieval ...
This book is a methods volume focusing on antigen retrieval, particularly methods used in disease-related antigens.
M.A. Hayat, 2002
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Human Blood Groups: Chemical and Biochemical Basis of ...
As President and organiser of the 26th Congress of the International Society pf Blood Transfusion 'ISBT 2000', I am pleased to introduce this work on the biochemistry of human blood groups, which will serve as a valuable complement to blood ...
Helmut Schenkel-Brunner, 2000
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Antigen Presenting Cells: From Mechanisms to Drug Development
This novel, multidisciplinary handbook highlights recent evidence that antigen presenting cells (APCs) are not only key players in the initiation or prevention of an antigen-specific T lymphocyte-mediated adaptive immune response, but also ...
Harald Kropshofer, Anne B. Vogt, 2006
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Antigen-Presenting Cells—Advances in Research and ...
The editors have built Antigen-Presenting Cells—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about ZZZAdditional Research in this book to be ...
‎2013
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Antigen Processing and Recognition
This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the processing, presentation, and subsequent recognition of antigens by T cells.
James McCluskey, 1991
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Regulation of Antigen-dependent T Cell Interactions with ...
The LFA-1 integrin is an important mediator of T cell interactions with antigen presenting cells (APCs).
Kristen Laura Mueller Smith, 2006
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Immunology for Pharmacy Students
An example is illustrated in this figure in which an antigen and an antibody are labeled with luminescent (L) and fluorescent (F) labels, respectively. Without immune complex formation, the mixture will responds to the luminescent excitation ...
Wei-Chiang Shen, Stan G. Louie, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTIGEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antigen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Viral evolution Keeping a watchful eye on Ebola
... of new lineages but also in the circulation of nonsynonymous variants with possible important consequences for antigen recognition. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Why are some diseases screened for but not others?
In order to screen for prostate cancer, a protein called Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is measured in the blood. Higher levels of this are ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Establishes Agreement with Novella …
... Stem-to-T-cell research program which engineers the patient's hematopoietic stem cells to generate antigen-specific cancer killing T-cells. «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
4
Dengue Fever: Study May Lead To Vaccine And Treatment For Virus
In the new study, cryo-electron microscopy was used to freeze samples at very low temperatures, to enable visualization of antibody-antigen ... «ReliaWire, Jul 15»
5
Pre-Market Stocks Highlights: ZIOPHARM Oncology (NASDAQ:ZIOP …
... in partnership with Intrexon Corporation and the MD Anderson Cancer Center, comprise chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) and other ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
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Biotech Stocks with Optimistic Trend - Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc …
... Juno's CD19 and CD22 directed CAR-T product candidates. B-Cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA) is excluded as a target in this collaboration. «Wall Street Observer, Jul 15»
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How a Rebellious Scientist Helped Launch the Modern Age of …
A case in point emerged when Allison began to suspect that the molecule CTLA-4 (cytotoxic T-lymphocyte- associated antigen 4) inhibited ... «OncLive, Jul 15»
8
Maxim Group Recommendation on Kite Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:KITE)
eACT involves the genetic engineering of T cells to express either chimeric antigen receptors (CARs, or T cell receptors, or TCRs). «Insider Trading Report, Jul 15»
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Pre-Market News Analysis on: Alcatel Lucent (NYSE:ALU), SunTrust …
Its lead product candidate is KTE-C19, a chimeric antigen receptors (CAR)-based therapy that is in Phase 1-2a clinical trials for the treatment of ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
10
Lift Off for MABVAX THERAPEUTICS (OTCMKTS:MBVX)
The Company takes a unique approach to identifying the elusive cancer antigen proteins that are effective in fighting cancer. This is the holy ... «MicroCap Daily, Jul 15»

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