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Antigen

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign (nonself) but not always so.
  2. 2
    any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies) wordnet

Etymology

From French antigène, from anti- + gène.

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