Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

split antigen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: split anti-gen
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the testing of cell surface antigens, an antigen that has a more refined or specific cell surface reaction relative to a broad antigen.(Example: HLA-B51 and HLA-B52 are split antigens of HLA-B5)

Inflected Forms

split antigens (plural)

Questions

What does split antigen mean?: In the testing of cell surface antigens, an antigen that has a more refined or specific cell surface reaction relative to a broad antigen.(Example: HLA-B51 and HLA-B52 are split antigens of HLA-B5)

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