Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

broad antigen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: broad- anti-gen
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the testing of cell surface antigens, a serological specificity that is poor or broad relative to other specificities and can be defined as 2 or more split antigens.(Example: HLA-B51 and HLA-B52 are split antigens of the HLA-B5 broad antigen)

Inflected Forms

broad antigens (plural)

Questions

What does broad antigen mean?: In the testing of cell surface antigens, a serological specificity that is poor or broad relative to other specificities and can be defined as 2 or more split antigens.(Example: HLA-B51 and HLA-B52 are split antigens of the HLA-B5 broad antigen)

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