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Histocompatible — The prefix histo means tissue. The term histocompatible is literally tissue compatible. If a donor and recipient are histocompatible (like identical twins), a transplant will be easily accepted. * * * his·to·com·pat·i·ble (his″to kəm… … Medical dictionary
histocompatible — histocompatibilité [ istokɔ̃patibilite ] n. f. • 1965; de histo et compatibilité ♦ Biol. Compatibilité entre les antigènes tissulaires de deux individus de la même espèce, dont l absence provoque le rejet des greffes. Antigènes d… … Encyclopédie Universelle
histocompatible — his·to·compatible … English syllables
histocompatible — adjective see histocompatibility … Useful english dictionary
histocompatibility — 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… … Universalium
histocompatibility — A state of immunologic similarity (or identity) that permits successful homograft transplantation. * * * his·to·com·pat·i·bil·i·ty his (.)tō kəm .pat ə bil ət ē n, pl ties often attrib a state of mutual tolerance between tissues that allows them… … Medical dictionary
Passive immunity — is the transfer of active humoral immunity in the form of readymade antibodies, from one individual to another. Passive immunity can occur naturally, when maternal antibodies are transferred to the fetus through the placenta, and can also be… … Wikipedia
Human cloning — is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a human. It does not usually refer to monozygotic multiple births nor the reproduction of human cells or tissue. The ethics of cloning is an extremely controversial issue. The term is generally… … Wikipedia
Histocompatibility — is the property of having the same, or mostly the same, alleles of a set of genes called the major histocompatibility complex. These genes are expressed in most tissues as antigens, to which the immune system makes antibodies. The immune system… … Wikipedia
Immunity (medical) — Immunity is a biological term that describes a state of having sufficient biological defenses to avoid infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion. Immunity involves both specific and non specific components. The non specific… … Wikipedia
