FOETOPROTEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foetoprotein mean? 

• FOETOPROTEIN (noun)
  The noun FOETOPROTEIN has 1 sense:

1. any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer

  Familiarity information: FOETOPROTEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOETOPROTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fetoprotein; foetoprotein

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))