somatic antigen

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An antigen located in the body of a bacterium.

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Now, preventive protocols—like mammograms, colonoscopies, and Prostate-Specific Antigen tests—are being questioned.
Clinton Doc: This Is How We’ll Fix Health Care|Daniela Drake|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And 44 years down the line I still get that… I still get that very strange, bodily, somatic thing.
The Writer and the Potter: Edmund De Waal on his New York Debut|Iain Millar|September 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They have all kinds of somatic pains, body pains that come and go.
America’s Depression Diagnoses Epidemic and How to Fix It|Jesse Singal|March 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At the time his PSA screening revealed only a slightly higher level of the antigen than the cut-off for his age group.
Are PSA Screenings for Prostate Cancer Bad for Your Health?|Casey Schwartz|May 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Thomas attributed her knowledge of the body to years of dancing and studying somatic experience, or trauma healing.
Hilaria Thomas, Yoga Instructor (and the Next Mrs. Alec Baldwin)|Lizzie Crocker|May 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The outer or somatic wall of the plates retains its previous simple constitution.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
In the rudimentary outgrowth to form the limbs the mesoblast cells of the somatic layer are crowded in an especially dense manner.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
It is probable also, though this point is less certain, that the skeleton would be derived from the somatic layer.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
The diverticula from the alimentary cavity form the water-vascular system and the somatic and splanchnic layers of mesoblast.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
In the appendage-bearing segments the somatic layer is continued up into the appendages.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour