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FOETOPROTEIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer
Synonyms:
fetoprotein; foetoprotein
Classified under:
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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