different between response vs antigenicity

English

Etymology

From Middle English respounse, respons, from Old French respons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latin resp?nsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of resp?nsus, the perfect passive participle of responde?, from re (“again”) + sponde? (“promise”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???sp?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

response (plural responses)

2. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
4. The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
5. An oracular answer.
6. (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
7. (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
8. A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
9. An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
10. A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.

Synonyms

• reaction

Derived terms

• consultary response

Related terms

Translations

References

• response in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Participle

resp?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of resp?nsus

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French response.

Noun

response f (plural responses)

1. response

Descendants

• French: réponse

Old French

Alternative forms

• responce
• respounce (Anglo-Norman)
• respounse (Anglo-Norman)
• respunse (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Variant of the masculine noun respons (also used as the past participle of respondre), itself a semi-learned word derived from Latin responsus.

Noun

response f (oblique plural responses, nominative singular response, nominative plural responses)

1. response

Descendants

• ? English: response
• French: réponse

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (response, supplement)
• respuns on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub lists the feminine noun repunse under the masculine noun respuns)

English

Etymology

antigenic +? -ity

Pronunciation

Noun

antigenicity (plural antigenicities)

1. (immunology) The ability, or degree of ability, to react with the products of an immune response.

Related terms

• antigen
• immunogenicity

Translations

References

• “antigenicity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.