alloantigen
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any antigen, present in only some individuals of a species, that stimulates the production of antibodies in those that lack it; an isoantigen
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *ál͏̌l͏̌os Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- French antigènebor. English antigen English alloantigen From allo- + antigen.