FOETOPROTEIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer

Synonyms:

fetoprotein; foetoprotein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("foetoprotein" is a kind of...):

antigen (any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foetoprotein"):

AFP; alpha fetoprotein; alpha foetoprotein (an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly))

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