syngeneic (redirected from syngeneically)

syngeneic /syn·ge·ne·ic/ (sin″jĕ-ne´ik) denoting individuals or tissues that have identical genotypes and thus could participate in a syngraft.

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syn·ge·ne·ic (snj-nk)

adj.

Genetically identical or closely related, so as to allow tissue transplant; immunologically compatible.

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Syngeneic

Referring to a bone marrow transplant from one identical twin to the other.

Mentioned in: Bone Marrow Transplantation

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syngeneic

[sin′jənē′ik]

Etymology: Gk, syn + genesis, origin

1 denoting an individual or cell that has the same genotype as another individual or cell.

2  denoting tissues that are antigenically similar. Also isogeneic. Compare allogenic, xenogeneic.

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syngeneic

in transplantation biology, denoting individuals or tissues having almost identical genotypes, i.e. animals of the same inbred strain, or their tissues. Grafts can be as readily exchanged between syngeneic animals as between identical twins which are called isogeneic.