A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign (nonself) but not always so.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: antibody, Ab, immunoglobulin, immune globulin
Broader terms: substance, material
any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: substance
Narrower terms: immunogen, immunizing agent, agglutinogen, fetoprotein, foetoprotein, anatoxin, toxoid, rhesus factor, Rh factor, Rh