HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN

Meaning of HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN in English

(HLA) any of the numerous antigens (substances capable of stimulating an immune response) involved in the major histocompatibility complex (q.v.) in humans.

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HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN — noun Date: 1978 any of various proteins that are encoded by genes of the major histocompatibility complex in humans and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN — noun : any of various proteins that are encoded by genes of the major histocompatibility complex in humans and are …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN — Immunol. See HLA .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN — Date: 1978 : any of various proteins that are encoded by genes of the major histocompatibility complex in humans and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN — Function: noun Date: 1978 : any of various proteins that are encoded by genes of the major histocompatibility complex in …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN — HLA. One of a group of proteins found on the surface of white blood cells and other cells that play …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN — a genetic marker of "self" which prevents the immune system from attacking the body's own tissues. Various HLA patterns are …
AIDS English Glossary
HUMAN — adj 1. human; 2. humane; litteras human humane letters, humanities
Interlingua English vocab
LEUKOCYTE — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1870 white blood cell , leukocytic adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANTIGEN — noun Etymology: German, from French antigène, from anticorps antibody + -gène -gen Date: 1908 any substance (as an immunogen or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEUKOCYTE — or white blood cell or white corpuscle Any of several types of blood cells that help defend the body from …
Английский словарь Британика
HUMAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) human engineering human immunodeficiency virus human evolution Human Genome Project human nature human rights …
Английский словарь Британика
ANTIGEN — Foreign substance in the body that induces an immune response. The antigen stimulates lymphocyte s to produce antibodies or to …
Английский словарь Британика
HUMAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEUKOCYTE — noun also leu·co·cyte ˈlükəˌsīt, usu -īd.+V ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary leuc- + -cyte 1. : a white …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — ˈantə̇jən, -ˌjen, -in noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary anti- (I) + -gen 1. : a usually protein …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMAN — (a.) Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or …
Английский словарь Webster
HUMAN — ( a. ) Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEUKOCYTE — — leukocytic /looh'keuh sit"ik/ , adj. /looh"keuh sit'/ , n. Immunol. See white blood cell . Also, leucocyte . [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMAN — — humanlike , adj. — humanness , n. /hyooh"meuhn/ or, often, /yooh"-/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — — antigenic /an'ti jen"ik/ , adj. — antigenically , adv. — antigenicity /an'ti jeuh nis"i tee/ , n. /an"ti jeuhn, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEUKOCYTE — n. white blood cell
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HUMAN — adj. of human beings, of people; by people, for human beings, like people
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ANTIGEN — n. foreign substance which stimulates the production of antibodies when introduced into a living organism
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HUMAN — I. ˈhyü-mən, ˈyü- adjective Etymology: Middle English humain, from Anglo-French, from Latin humanus; akin to Latin homo human being — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEUKOCYTE — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1870 : white blood cell • leu·ko·cyt·ic ˌlü-kə-ˈsi-tik adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANTIGEN — noun Etymology: German, from French antigène, from anticorps antibody + -gène -gen Date: 1908 : any substance (as an immunogen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUMAN — noun a human being. 2. human ·adj belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; …
Webster English vocab
ANTIGEN — ■ noun a substance which the body recognizes as alien and which induces an immune response. Compare with antibody . …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LEUKOCYTE — [leu.ko.cyte] n [ISV] (1870): white blood cell -- leu.ko.cyt.ic adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUMAN — [hu.man] adj [ME humain, fr. MF, fr. L humanus; akin to L homo human being--more at homage] (14c) 1: of, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANTIGEN — [an.ti.gen] n [G, fr. F antigene, fr. anticorps antibody + -gene -gen] (1908): a usu. protein or carbohydrate substance (as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEUKOCYTE — also spelled leucocyte, also called white blood cell or white corpuscle a cellular component of the blood that lacks hemoglobin, …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANTIGEN — foreign substance that, when introduced into the body, is capable of stimulating an immune response, specifically activating lymphocytes, which are …
Britannica English vocabulary
HUMAN — human BrE AmE ˈhjuːm ən § \ ˈjuːm- ▷ human|ly li ▷ human|ness nəs nɪs ▷ human|s z ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — antigen BrE AmE ˈænt ɪdʒ ə n -ədʒ-, -i dʒen AmE \ ˈæn t̬ - ▷ antigen|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEUKOCYTE — ➡ leucocyte
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMAN — / ˈhjuːmən; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] of or connected with people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — / ˈæntɪdʒən; NAmE / noun ( medical ) a substance that enters the body and starts a process that can …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMAN — I. hu ‧ man 1 S2 W1 /ˈhjuːmən/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ human , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ANTIGEN — an ‧ ti ‧ gen /ˈæntɪdʒən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: German ; Origin: French antigène …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEUKOCYTE — var. of LEUCOCYTE.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HUMAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or belonging to the genus Homo. 2 consisting of human beings (the human race). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ANTIGEN — n. a foreign substance (e.g. toxin) which causes the body to produce antibodies. øøantigenic adj. [G (as ANTIBODY, -GEN)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEUKOCYTE — var. of LEUCOCYTE.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HUMAN — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or belonging to the genus Homo. 2 consisting of human beings (the human race). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — n. a foreign substance (e.g. toxin) which causes the body to produce antibodies. antigenic adj. [ G (as ANTIBODY, -GEN) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEUKOCYTE — var. of LEUCOCYTE.
Oxford English vocab
HUMAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1. of or belonging to the genus Homo. 2 consisting of human beings (the human race). …
Oxford English vocab
ANTIGEN — n. a foreign substance (e.g. toxin) which causes the body to produce antibodies. Derivatives: antigenic adj. Etymology: G (as ANTIBODY, …
Oxford English vocab
HUMAN — ( humans) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Human means relating to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — ( antigens) An antigen is a substance that helps the production of antibodies. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANTIGEN — (~s) An ~ is a substance that helps the production of antibodies. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HUMAN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a human chain (= a large number of people who form a line, a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ANTIGEN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE specific ▪ New nosodes have also been added to the armamentarium and special remedies …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEUKOCYTE — n. or white blood cell or white corpuscle Any of several types of blood cells that help defend the body …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HUMAN — n. human factors engineering human engineering human immunodeficiency virus human evolution Human Genome Project human nature human rights human sacrifice …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ANTIGEN — n. Foreign substance in the body that induces an immune response. The antigen stimulates lymphocyte s to produce antibodies or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LEUKOCYTE — Synonyms and related words : Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor, antibody, antigen, arterial blood, blood, blood bank, blood …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ANTIGEN — Synonyms and related words : Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor, acquired immunity, active immunity, agglutinin, allergen, anaphylactin, antiantibody, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUMAN — I. adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of mankind problems of human relationships Synonyms: hominine, mortal Related Word: anthropological, ethnologic, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUMAN — n. 25B6; adjective the human race : anthropoid. they're only human : MORTAL, flesh and blood; fallible, weak, frail, imperfect, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUMAN — adj. 1 mortal, anthropoid, hominoid, android; hominid; Possibly offensive manlike The aliens from the spaceship had few human characteristics It …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ANTIGEN — anteing gentian
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