compatibility
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compatibility
[kom-pat″ĭ-bil´ĭ-te]the quality of being compatible; see also histocompatibility.
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com·pat·i·bil·i·ty
(kom-pat'ĭ-bil'i-tē),The condition or state of being compatible.
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compatibility
Able to be safely mixed, as in the case of blood for transfusion or drugs for simultaneous administration.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
compatibility
a state where two organisms or parts of organisms can be mixed. Examples are when two plants can cross-fertilize; when two tissues can be added together, as in transplant surgery or blood transfusion; when two PLASMIDS can coexist in the same cell line. Animal compatibility depends on suitable matching of ANTIGENS and ANTIBODIES. See also SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005