Qualitative Concept
histocompatibility
his·to·com·pat·i·bil·i·ty [ his-toh-kuh m-pat-uh-bil-i-tee ]
Subclass of:
Transplantation Immunology
Definitions related to histocompatibility:
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Ability to accept grafts between individuals.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The degree of antigenic similarity between the tissues of different individuals, which determines the acceptance or rejection of allografts.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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