MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX


Meaning of MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX in English

noun

: a group of genes that function especially in determining the histocompatibility antigens found on cell surfaces and that in man comprise the alleles occurring at four loci on the short arm of chromosome 6 — abbreviation MHC

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