antigenic determinant

1. 1.

   the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself

   Synonymsdeterminantepitope

   Broadersite

   Part ofantigen

   immunology

Questions about antigenic determinant

What does antigenic determinant mean?

antigenic determinant means "the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself".

What is another word for antigenic determinant?

Close synonyms include determinant, epitope. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antigenic determinant a common word?

antigenic determinant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.