alloantigen

[ al-oh-an-ti-juhn, -jen ]

nounImmunology.
  1. an antigen present in some but not all individuals of the same species, as those in different human blood groups.

Origin of alloantigen

1
First recorded in 1965–70; allo- + antigen

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