Definition of Antigenicity

1. Noun. The ability, or degree of ability, to react with the products of an immune response. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antigenicity

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Antigenicity

1. The ability of a substance to trigger an immune response in a particularorganism. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antigenicity

antigenemic
antigenerative
antigenes
antigenetics
antigenic
antigenic competition
antigenic complex
antigenic determinant
antigenic drift
antigenic modulation
antigenic shift
antigenic switching
antigenic variation
antigenically
antigenicities
antigenicity (current term)
antigenocidal
antigenocide
antigenome
antigenomes
antigenomic
antigens
antigentile
antigerm
antighetto
antighost
antighosts
antigiardiasis
antigirl
antiglare

Literary usage of Antigenicity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Greater knowledge of the antigenicity of collagen may reveal ways to overcome the ... Full antigenicity was retained in the larger NHa-terminal piece; ..."

2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"White fire fighters exhibited a significantly higher risk for the presence of detectable BPDE-DNA antigenicity than white controls (odds ratio, 3.4; ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"antigenicity of the H antigen was completely destroyed only by boiling under a reflux condenser. ... The question still arises as whether the antigenicity ..."

4. Toxicity Testing for Assessment of Environmental Agents: Interim Report by National Academies Press (U.S.) (2006)
"antigenicity is more commonly known as allergy, which is often referred to as hypersensitivity even though it constitutes a normal immune response to a ..."

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