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incompatibility

[in′kəmpat′ibil′itē]

Etymology: L, in, not, + compatibilus, agreeing

a state of not being able to exist in harmony, as when transfused blood produces adverse effects because the donor and recipient blood groups conflict.

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incompatibility (in´kmpat´ibil´itē),

n a disharmonious relationship among the ingredients of prescriptions or other drug mixtures.

incompatibility, chemical,

n a situation in which two or more of the ingredients of a drug interact chemically, with resulting deterioration of the mixture.

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incompatibility

the quality of being incompatible.

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drug incompatibility

may be chemical, i.e. the drugs react with each other and precipitate, produce gas or similar effect, or pharmacological in that the effects of the two on tissues are opposite, or pharmaceutical, e.g. immiscibility, insolubility.

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incompatibility

Transfusion medicine See Transfusion reaction. See ABO incompatibility, Rh incompatibility.