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Australia antigen definition

Australia antigen

an antigen present in the blood of some persons with one form of hepatitis

Etymology: because first identified in an Australian Aborigine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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