autoantigen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any antigen that stimulates autoantibodies in the organism that produced it; an antigen produced by the self (that is, by one's own tissues).

Word forms

autoantigen autoantigens

Etymology

From auto- + antigen.

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