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Antigen

ImmunologyImportant

Any substance, typically a protein, that the immune system recognizes as foreign and mounts a specific immune response against.

Korean

항원

면역계가 이물질로 인식하여 특이적 면역 반응을 일으키는 물질로, 주로 단백질이다.

French

Antigène

Toute substance, généralement une protéine, que le système immunitaire reconnaît comme étrangère et contre laquelle il monte une réponse immunitaire spécifique.

Word parts

  • anti-Prefix(Greek) Against
  • -genSuffix(Greek) Producing, that which generates

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