HISTOCOMPATIBILITY


Meaning of HISTOCOMPATIBILITY in English

— histocompatible , adj.

/his'toh keuhm pat'euh bil"i tee/ , n. Immunol.

the condition of having antigenic similarities such that cells or tissues transplanted from one (the donor) to another (the recipient) are not rejected. Cf. major histocompatibility complex .

[ 1945-50; HISTO- + COMPATIBILITY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .