fetoprotein

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	antigen,
definition	:	any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies) (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	afp, alpha fetoprotein, alpha foetoprotein,
definition	:	an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly) (noun.substance)