antigenic

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Etymology 1

From antigen +‎ -ic.

Adjective

antigenic (not comparable)

  1. (immunology) Of or relating to an antigen.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From 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

Interlingua

Adjective

antigenic (not comparable)

  1. antigenic

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
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