histocompatibleadj.
/ˌhɪstəʊkəmˈpatᵻbl/, U.S. /ˌhɪstoʊkəmˈpædəb(ə)l/ Exhibiting histocompatibility; having tissues or organs that exhibit histocompatibility.
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submicroscopical1879
naive1906
compatible1926
ultrathin1949
untypable1950
histocompatible1956
1956 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 21 661/1 The hyperplastic mouse thyroid may be transplanted but only into thyroidectomized recipients which are genetically histocompatible.
1964 Transplantation 2 656/1 An inbred strain is a histocompatible donor to its F1 offspring.
2003 N.Y. Times 27 Jan. a24/3 The ability to generate histocompatible cells using cloning techniques addresses one of the most important challenges in transplantation—the problem of rejection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1956