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antigenic en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)lbor. French anti- French gène French antigènebor. English antigen Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English antigenic From antigen + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to an antigen.

Deriveds

original antigenic sin · pathoantigenic · antigenic shift · nonantigenic · oligoantigenic · antigenic drift · alloantigenic · polyantigenic · neoantigenic · superantigenic · xenoantigenic · antigenic variation · multiantigenic · antigenically · antigenicity

Translations (16)

ru антиге́нный (of or relating to an antigen) · fa آنتیژنیک (of or relating to an antigen) · tr antijenik (of or relating to an antigen) · ga antaigineach (of or relating to an antigen) · fi antigeeninen (of or relating to an antigen) · pl antygenowy (of or relating to an antigen) · ca antigènic (of or relating to an antigen) · es antigénico (of or relating to an antigen) · it antigenico (of or relating to an antigen) · fr antigénique (of or relating to an antigen) · ro antigenic (of or relating to an antigen) · el αντιγονικός (of or relating to an antigen) · cs antigenní (of or relating to an antigen) · id antigenik (of or relating to an antigen) · pt antigênico (of or relating to an antigen) · pt antigénico (of or relating to an antigen)

antigenic en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree English antigeny Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English antigenic From antigeny + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Sexually dimorphic, especially with reference to lepidopterans.
    • [I]n which case, the males are normal, and the species generally antigenic. 1889, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada, volume 1, page 535: