Meanings
adjectivehomocytotropic (not comparable)
- not comparableAffecting cells of the species in which it originated.
The recent observation that a heat labile human immunoglobulin, IgE , could mediate the release of both histamine and SRS-Aᵐᵒⁿᵏᵉʸ from primate lung slices (Ishizaka et al., 1969), prompted a re-examination of the biologic activity of rat heat labile homocytotropic antibody.
1969, Robert P. Orange, K. Frank Austen, “Slow Reacting Substance of Anaphylaxis”, in Advances in Immunology - Volume 10, page 144
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Hellenic*homós
- Ancient Greekὁμός (homós)
- Englishhomo-
- Englishcytotropic
- Englishhomocytotropic
From homo- + cytotropic.
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homocytotropic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homocytotropic
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Chicago
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