somatic antigen

n.

An antigen located in the body of a bacterium.

Nearby words

somatagnosia, somatalgia, somatasthenia, somatesthesia, somatic, somatic antigen, somatic cell, somatic cell nuclear transfer, somatic death, somatic delusion, somatic motor neuron

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