histoincompatibility /his·to·in·com·pat·i·bil·i·ty/ (his″to-in″kom-pat″ĭ-bil´it-e) the quality of not being accepted or not remaining functional; said of that relationship between the genotypes of donor and host in which a graft generally will be rejected.histoincompat´ible
his·to·in·com·pat·i·bil·i·ty (h s t -nk m-p t-bl -t )n. A state of immunologic dissimilarity sufficient to cause rejection of homograft transplants. |
histoincompatibility
the quality of a cellular or tissue graft preventing its acceptance or functioning when transplanted to another animal; said of the relationship between the genotypes (histocompatibility genes) of donor and recipient in which a graft generally will be rejected because of allogeneic differences in the major histocompatibility antigens.
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