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immunogenic

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

adjective

  1. causing or capable of producing an immune response.


immunogenic British  
/ ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

  1. causing or producing immunity or an immune response

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Other Word Forms

  • immunogenically adverb
  • immunogenicity noun

Etymology

Origin of immunogenic

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

Example Sentences

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

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While this study and others have demonstrated ZIF-8's immunogenic ability, more work needs to be done to evaluate the particles' safety and potential to be scaled up for large-scale manufacturing.

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These generally have had undesirable surface properties -- such as being highly immunogenic, highly hydrophobic or charged.

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"Pancreatic tumors are already immunogenic. We have a challenge in allowing the immune response to attack the cancer."

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The team subcutaneously transplanted weakly immunogenic and strongly immunogenic tumor cells into B4GALT3 knockout and wild-type mice, to examine for tumor cell growth.

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