immunophenotype

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noun

The immunological and genetic characteristics of an organism.

OriginEnglish phenotype ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis →
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Meanings

nounimmunophenotype (plural immunophenotypes)

plural immunophenotypes

  1. biologyThe immunological and genetic characteristics of an organism.
verbimmunophenotype (third-person singular simple present immunophenotypes, present participle immunophenotyping, simple past and past participle immunophenotyped)

present singular third person immunophenotypes · participle present immunophenotyping · participle past immunophenotyped · past immunophenotyped

  1. transitivebiochemistryTo perform immunophenotyping on an organism.

    In our laboratory immunophenotyping of acute leukemias is routinely performed from bone marrow mononuclear cell (MNC) preparations. In cases with insufficient marrow material peripheral blasts are immunophenotyped using the whole blood lysis method.

    2013 April 30, Elisa Einwallner, Almira Subasic, Andrea Strasser, Dorothea Augustin, Renate Thalhammer, Irene Steiner, Ilse Schwarzinger, “Lysis matters: Red cell lysis with FACS Lyse affects the flow cytometric enumeration of circulating leukemic blasts”, in Journal of Immunological Methods, volume 390, numbers 1–2, →DOI, page 127

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  3. Proto-Italic*moinos
  4. Latinmūnus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  8. Latinin-
  9. Latinin- -is
  10. Latinimmūnis
  11. Middle Frenchimmun
  12. Englishimmune
  13. Englishimmuno-
  14. Englishphenotype
  15. Englishimmunophenotype

From immuno- + phenotype.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunophenotype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunophenotype.

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