immunizing agent

1. 1.

   any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body

   Synonymsimmunogen

   Broaderantigen

   Narrowervaccinetoxin antitoxin

Questions about immunizing agent

What does immunizing agent mean?

immunizing agent means "any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body".

What is another word for immunizing agent?

Close synonyms include immunogen. 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 immunizing agent a common word?

immunizing agent 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.