"heterophile" meaning in English

See heterophile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From hetero- + -phile. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hetero-|-phile}} hetero- + -phile Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} heterophile (not comparable)
  1. (of an antibody) Able to react immunologically with material from another species. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: heterophilic Related terms: heterogenetic, heterologous
    Sense id: en-heterophile-en-adj-t0i5KhXx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hetero-, English terms suffixed with -phile, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hetero-: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phile: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heterophil

Noun

Forms: heterophiles [plural]
Etymology: From hetero- + -phile. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hetero-|-phile}} hetero- + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} heterophile (plural heterophiles)
  1. (immunology) A heterophilic antibody. Categories (topical): Immunology
    Sense id: en-heterophile-en-noun-jAskwWNo Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: heterophil

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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