Meanings
nounhistocompatibility (countable and uncountable, plural histocompatibilities)
plural histocompatibilities
- countableuncountableThe condition of being histocompatible.
- countableuncountableThe toleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Ancient Greekῐ̔στός (hĭstós)
- Englishhisto-
- Englishcompatibility
- Englishhistocompatibility
From histo- + compatibility.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 組織相容性 /组织相容性
- 組織相容性 /组织相容性 (zǔzhī xiāngróngxìng)toleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals
French histocompatibilité
- histocompatibilitétoleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals
Italian istocompatibilità
- istocompatibilitàtoleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals
Norwegian Bokmål vevsforlikelighet, vevstypeforlikelighet
- vevsforlikelighettoleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals
- vevstypeforlikelighettoleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals
- histokompatibilitettoleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals
Russian гистосовмести́мость
- гистосовмести́мость (gistosovmestímostʹ)toleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals
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histocompatibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/histocompatibility
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“histocompatibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/histocompatibility. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “histocompatibility,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/histocompatibility.
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