complementophile

adjective

Having a tendency to react with and bind to the complements in the blood.

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Meanings

adjectivecomplementophile (not comparable)

alternative complementophil

  1. datednot comparableimmunologyHaving a tendency to react with and bind to the complements in the blood.

    With the means at present at our disposal it is impossible, except in a few favorable cases, to determine whether this plurality of complementophile groups corresponds exactly to a like plurality of cytophile groups.

    1910, Paul Ehrlich, Studies in Immunity, page 112

Origin

From complement + -o- + -phile.

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complementophile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complementophile

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“complementophile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complementophile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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