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histocompatibility antigen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
his-to-com-pat-i-bil-i-ty anti-gen
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
9
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) which are the determinants of histocompatibility.

Inflected Forms

histocompatibility antigens (plural)

Phrases

histocompatibility gene

Frequently Paired Words

histocompatibility gene

Synonyms

histoantigen

Questions

What does histocompatibility antigen mean?
Any of the human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) which are the determinants of histocompatibility.

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