autoantigen

[ aw-toh-an-ti-juhn, -jen ]

nounImmunology.

an antigen of one's own cells or cell products.

Origin of autoantigen

¹

auto-¹ + antigen

Also called self-antigen.

Words Nearby autoantigen

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