Medical Definition of Antigenic switching

1. The process by which a pathogenic microbe's genetic structure is altered tochange its surface antigens inorder to avoid being detected by the host's immune system. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antigenic Switching

antigenaemic
antigender
antigene
antigenemia
antigenemic
antigenerative
antigenes
antigenetics
antigenic
antigenic competition
antigenic complex
antigenic determinant
antigenic drift
antigenic modulation
antigenic shift
antigenic switching (current term)
antigenic variation
antigenically
antigenicities
antigenicity
antigenocidal
antigenocide
antigenome
antigenomes
antigenomic
antigens
antigentile
antigerm
antighetto
antighost

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