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incompatible /in·com·pat·i·ble/ (-kom-pat´ĭ-b'l) not suitable for combination, simultaneous administration, or transplantation; mutually repellent.
in·com·pat·i·ble (nkm-pt-bl)
adj.
1. Incapable of associating or blending or of being associated or blended because of disharmony, incongruity, or antagonism.
2. Producing an undesirable effect when used in combination with a particular substance, as a medicine in combination with alcohol.
3. Not suitable for combination or administration because of immunological differences, as blood types.
incom·pat·i·bili·ty (nkm-pt-bl-t) n.
incompatible
[in′kəmpat′əbəl]
Etymology: L, in, not, compatibilus, agreeing
unable to coexist. A tissue transplantation may be rejected because recipient and donor antibody factors are incompatible.
incompatible
not suitable for combination, simultaneous administration, or transplantation; mutually repellent.


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Rb-Sr) that behave incompatibly during mantle melting, Os is compatible and Re is incompatible; their chalcophyic/siderophilic geochemistry suggests they are mostly stored in the core (Hauri, 2002).
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