单词 | allotype |
释义 | allotype —allotypic /al'euh tip"ik/, adj. —allotypically, adv. —allotypy /al"euh tuy'pee/, n. /al"euh tuyp'/, n. 1. Biol. a type specimen of the sex opposite to that of the holotype. 2. Immunol. an antibody of a given class having certain molecular sites shared by only some members of a species and therefore acting as an antigen to other members of the same species. [1915-20; ALLO- + TYPE; in immunological sense, prob. back formation from allotypy < F allotypie, coined in 1956] |
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