Definition of histocompatibility in US English:
histocompatibility
nounˌhistōkəmˌpadəˈbilədē
Medicine Compatibility between the tissues of different individuals, so that one accepts a graft from the other without having an immune reaction.
Example sentencesExamples
- Blood and tissue typing and histocompatibility tests must be done in advance.
- Major histocompatibility complex genes are known to influence the immune functions.
- However, there are many minor histocompatibility antigens that cannot currently be matched.
- Additionally, the grafts also contain minor histocompatibility antigens, which will elicit a rather slow immune response.
- Parabiotic mice have been reported to produce stable blood chimerism across major histocompatibility barriers.