English noun: antigen | |||
1. | antigen (substance) any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | substance | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | agglutinogen, anatoxin, fetoprotein, foetoprotein, immunizing agent, immunogen, Rh, Rh factor, rhesus factor, toxoid | ||
Part holonym | antigenic determinant, determinant, epitope | ||
Domain category | immunology | ||