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histocompatibility antigen
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noun Immunology.
any antigen on the surface of tissue or blood cells that provokes the immune response and subsequent rejection when transplanted to an individual of a different antigenic type, thus determining whether the tissues or organs of a donor and recipient are histocompatible.
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Origin of histocompatibility antigen
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby histocompatibility antigen
histioid, histo-, histoblast, histochemistry, histocompatibility, histocompatibility antigen, histodialysis, histogen, histogenesis, histogram, histography
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British Dictionary definitions for histocompatibility antigen
histocompatibility antigen
noun
a molecule occurring on the surface of tissue cells that can take several different forms. The differences between histocompatibility antigens are inherited and determine organ transplant rejection
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