immunogenic, a. Biol. and Med.
(ɪmjuːnəʊˈdʒɛnɪk)
[f. immuno- + -genic.]
Of, pertaining to, or possessing the ability to elicit an immune response.
| 1933 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 24 June 2013/2 (heading) An immunogenic paradox. 1934 Index Medicus XV. 637/2 Appearance of impedin in production of specific opsonin by local application of immunogenic salves to skin. 1942 Jrnl. Bacteriol. XLIII. 397 There is ample evidence in the literature to suggest that fixed virus strains differ in their immunogenic properties. 1962 Lancet 5 May 965/1 This incidence had been reduced by early vaccines, but more recent batches had not been sufficiently immunogenic. 1971 Nature 4 June 286/3 Why cells become more immunogenic after neuraminidase treatment is not yet clear. |
Hence immunogeˈnicity, immunogenic property. Also immunoˈgenesis, the formation or production of antibodies; bodily processes, collectively, that constitute an immune response.
| 1944 Science 16 June 496 Minute amounts..exhibited marked antityphoid immunogenicity. 1948 Biester & Schwarte Dis. Poultry (ed. 2) 567 The criteria of immunogenesis and pathogenesis. 1950 Jrnl. Bacteriol. LIX. 263 Textbooks..commonly state that a high degree of encapsulation is responsible for the reportedly poor immunogenicity of this fungus. 1956 Jrnl. Immunol. LXXVI. 217/1 It is demonstrated that the immunogenicity of immune globulin is suppressed by the simultaneous injection of other serum components. 1960 A. Hofman et al. tr. A. N. Gordienko (title) Control of immunogenesis by the nervous system. 1968 D. Osoba in B. Cinader Regulation Antibody Response xii. 232 (heading) The regulatory role of the thymus in immunogenesis. 1970 New Scientist 19 Mar. 543/1 Irradiation with gamma rays, which render it non-infective without..loss of mobility or immunogenicity. |