Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

duffy antigen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: duffy anti-gen
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An antigen located on the surface of red blood cells, encoding a glycosylated membrane protein that is a non-specific receptor for several chemokines.

Etymology

Named after the patient in which it was discovered.

Inflected Forms

Duffy antigens (plural)

Questions

What does duffy antigen mean?: An antigen located on the surface of red blood cells, encoding a glycosylated membrane protein that is a non-specific receptor for several chemokines.
Where does duffy antigen come from?: Named after the patient in which it was discovered.

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