Meanings
nounAustralia antigen (plural Australia antigens)
plural Australia antigens
- medicineSurface antigen of the hepatitis B virus (HBsAg).
Origin
First isolated by American researcher Baruch S. Blumberg in the serum of an Australian Aboriginal person.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 澳抗
- 澳抗 (àokàng)antigen
Finnish hepatiitin s-vasta-aine
- hepatiitin s-vasta-aineantigen
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Australia antigen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Australia%20antigen
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“Australia antigen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Australia%20antigen. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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