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immunogenic

American  
[im-yuh-noh-jen-ik, ih-myoo-nuh-] / ˌɪm jə noʊˈdʒɛn ɪk, ɪˌmju nə- /

adjective

  1. causing or capable of producing an immune response.


immunogenic British  
/ ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

  1. causing or producing immunity or an immune response

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of immunogenic

First recorded in 1930–35; immuno- + -genic

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“Everyone knows the cell-based vaccines are better, more immunogenic, and offer better production,” said Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Health Security.

From Salon Jun. 1, 2024

Specifically, it can to induce so-called immunogenic cell death in tumour cells.

From Science Daily May 24, 2024

A randomized clinical trial has found that the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Novavax Inc. is “safe, immunogenic, and efficacious in preventing” the coronavirus in adolescents.

From Washington Times Apr. 26, 2023

“We need to know: How immunogenic is it if we put it into humans?”

From Scientific American Mar. 29, 2023

Experts say such a trial is necessary because certain vaccines, like those against polio and typhoid, have proven less immunogenic in Indians than in western populations.

From Science Magazine Jan. 5, 2021

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