Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

histocompatibility

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: his-to-com-pat-i-bil-i-ty
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

8

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being histocompatible.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The toleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós)bor. English histo- English compatibility English histocompatibility From histo- + compatibility.

Usage

Inflected Forms

histocompatibilities (plural)

Derived Forms

immunohistocompatibility

Phrases

histocompatibility antigen histocompatibility gene

Questions

What does histocompatibility mean?: The condition of being histocompatible.
Where does histocompatibility come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós)bor. English histo- English compatibility English histocompatibility From histo- + compatibility.

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