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com·pat·i·ble (km-pt-bl)
adj.
1. Capable of existing or performing in harmonious or agreeable combination.
2. Capable of being grafted, transfused, or transplanted from one individual to another without reaction or rejection.
3. Capable of forming a chemically or biochemically stable system.

compatible,
1 capable of harmonious coexistence, said of two or more medications that are suitable for simultaneous administration without nullification or aggravation of their effects.
2 denoting a donor and recipient of a blood transfusion in which there is no transfusion reaction.
3 histocompatible.

compatible,
adj 1. congruent.
2. capable of blending with.

compatible
capable of existing together without adverse reaction. In therapeutics drugs that can be administered together without reacting together so as to destroy each other's effectiveness.

compatible
adjective Pharmacology Referring to the lack of adverse interactions between medications, which allows simultaneous administration without nullification or aggravation of either's effect Pop psychology Referring to the ability of 2 adults to function as a couple Transfusion medicine Referring to a blood transfusion without a transfusion reaction in the recipient


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