Associations to the word «Antigen»

Wiktionary

ANTIGEN, noun. (immunology) A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign.

Dictionary definition

ANTIGEN, noun. Any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin