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allorecognition

allorecognition noun: the ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.

Noun

allorecognition (uncountable)

  1. The ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.

Origin of allorecognition

From allo- + recognition.

Questions about allorecognition

What does allorecognition mean?
Allorecognition means the ability of an individual organism to distinguish its own tissues from those of another.
What part of speech is allorecognition?
Allorecognition is a noun.

Words near allorecognition in the dictionary

  1. alloreaction
  2. alloreactions
  3. alloreactive
  4. alloreactivities
  5. alloreactivity
  6. allorecognition
  7. allorecognize
  8. allorecognized
  9. allorejection
  10. allorejections
  11. alloresponse

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