antigenic

Etymology 1

antigen + -ic

adj

  1. (immunology) Of or relating to an antigen.

Etymology 2

antigeny + -ic

adj

  1. (biology, obsolete) Sexually dimorphic, especially with reference to lepidopterans.
    [I]n which case, the males are normal, and the species generally antigenic. 1889, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada, volume 1, page 535

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