Antigen at Medical Drugs Glossary
What is Antigen? Any of various foreign substances such as bacteria, viruses, endotoxins, exotoxins, foreign proteins, pollen, and vaccines, whose entry into an organism induces an immune response (antibody production, lymphokine production, or both) directed specificallyMedical Term & Definition Added By: Dominic
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