antigenic

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Etymology 1

antigen +‎ -ic

Adjective

antigenic (not comparable)

1. (immunology) Of or relating to an antigen.

Derived terms

• antigenically
• antigenic drift
• antigenic shift
• antigenic variation
• original antigenic sin

 

Translations

of or relating to an antigen

• Catalan: antigènic
• Czech: antigenní (cs)
• Finnish: antigeeninen
• French: antigénique (fr)
• Irish: antaigineach
• Italian: antigenico (it)
• Persian: آنتی‌ژنیک (ânti-ženik)
• Polish: antygenowy (pl)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: antigênico

  European: antigénico

• Romanian: antigenic (ro)
• Russian: антиге́нный (ru) (antigénnyj)
• Spanish: antigénico (es)
• Turkish: antijenik

Etymology 2

antigeny +‎ -ic

Adjective

antigenic (not comparable)

1. (biology, obsolete) Sexually dimorphic, especially with reference to lepidopterans.
   • 1889, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada, volume 1, page 535:

     [I]n which case, the males are normal, and the species generally antigenic.

Anagrams

• gentianic

Interlingua

Adjective

antigenic (not comparable)

1. antigenic

Related terms

• antigeno

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antigénique.

Adjective

antigenic m or n (feminine singular antigenică, masculine plural antigenici, feminine and neuter plural antigenice)

1. antigenic

Declension

Declension of antigenic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	antigenic		antigenică	antigenici	antigenice
	definite	antigenicul		antigenica	antigenicii	antigenicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	antigenic		antigenice	antigenici	antigenice
	definite	antigenicului		antigenicei	antigenicilor	antigenicelor