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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A protein or other substance, such as histocompatibility or red blood cell antigens, that is present in only some members of a species and therefore able to stimulate isoantibody production in other members of the same species who lack it.

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  • noun an immunologically active material (especially a protein or polysaccharide) that is present only in some individuals of a particular species; responsable for the formation of antibodies

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iso- +‎ antigen

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