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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
- Proto-Hellenic*ál͏̌l͏̌os
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)
- Englishallo-
- Frenchantigène
- Englishantigen
- English todayalloantigen
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Any antigen, present in only some individuals of a species, that stimulates the production of antibodies in those that lack it; an isoantigen Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.