exoantigen

ec·to·an·ti·gen

(ek'tō-an'ti-jen), Any toxin or other excitor of antibody formation, separate or separable from its source. Synonym(s): exoantigen

exoantigen

A nonspecific term for any non-self-antigen; this term is not commonly used in the working biomedical parlance.

ec·to·an·ti·gen

(ek'tō-an'ti-jen) Any toxin or other excitor of antibody formation, separate or separable from its source.
Synonym(s): exoantigen.

exoantigen

(ĕks″ō-ăn′tĭ-jĕn) [″ + ″] A soluble antigen found on the surface of a microorganism, identified in the supernatant of a culture of that organism.